🌍 SASOM National Webinar 2 | 29 August 2025 | 14h00–18h10 CAT/SAST

📅 Date: Friday, 29 August 2025
🕑 Time: 14h00–18h10 CAT/SAST
📍 Online via Zoom

Organised and hosted by the National Office of the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), in collaboration with the Global Coalition for Informal Workers’ Health, Safety and Wellbeing (GCIW), and the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association (IEA) Technical Committee on Informal Work (TC IW).

Overview

Informal and migrant workers represent a critical yet underserved workforce globally. This webinar brings together international and South African experts to examine occupational health challenges, explore pathways to decent work, and highlight strategies for community engagement and collective action.

The session is designed for occupational health practitioners, academics, and policymakers committed to advancing health equity for vulnerable workers.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize occupational health risks specific to informal and migrant workers.
• Assess innovative approaches to occupational health and safety (OHS) in informal economies.
• Understand the intersection of poverty, migration, and occupational health.
• Apply lessons from case studies to workplace and policy contexts.

Who Should Attend

• Occupational Medicine Specialists and Registrars
• Occupational Health Practitioners and OHNs
• Policymakers and Labour Regulators
• NGOs and Advocacy Groups focused on workers’ health
• Students and researchers in occupational health and safety

Agenda (CAT/SAST)

• 13:45 – 14:00 Registration / Logging in
• 14:00 – 14:10 Welcome & Opening — Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala (SASOM & University of Cape Town)

✅ Panel 1 — Occupational Health of Informal Workers: Drivers, New Forms of Work, and OHS Challenges

Moderator: Dr Acran Salmen-Navarro (GCIW & NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA)

• 14:10 – 14:40 Pathways towards decent work for informal workers — Mr Mahinda Seneviratne (ICOH, Australia)
• 14:40 – 15:10 The ergonomics/human factors approach: A South African case study — Prof. Andrew Thatcher (President IEA & University of the Witwatersrand, SA)
• 15:10 – 15:40 Closing the gap: Occupational health, poverty, and decent work — Mr Matthew Olota (President-Elect IOHA, Canada & Nigeria)
• 15:40 – 15:55 Q & A and Discussion

15:55 – 16:10 Comfort Break

✅ Panel 2 — Occupational Health of Informal and Migrant Workers: Community Engagement and Collective Action

Moderator: Dr Maggie Graf (GCIW, Switzerland)

• 16:10 – 16:15 Introduction of Moderator 2 — Dr Geoffrey Tafaune (SASOM & University of Pretoria, SA)
• 16:15 – 16:45 Political economy of OHS and informality: The struggle for health justice — Dr Christy Adeola Braham (WIEGO, UK & Belgium)
• 16:45 – 17:15 Occupational health for vulnerable workers: migration and informal work — Dr Acran Salmen-Navarro (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA)
• 17:15 – 17:45 Informal work as a social determinant of health — Prof. Carlos Andrés Fandiño Losada (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
• 17:45 – 18:00 Q & A and Discussion
• 18:00 – 18:10 Wrap-up & Closure — Dr Geoffrey Tafaune

🎓 CPD Information

• Accreditation: HPCSA — 4 CEU Points
• HPCSA Registered Attendees: CPD points will be submitted directly to HPCSA profiles. No certificates will be issued.
• Non-HPCSA Attendees: Electronic certificates of attendance will be issued to participants who attend the full webinar.

👉 Registration & Fees

• SASOM Members: Free (membership will be validated)
• Non-Members: R200 (includes access to the webinar and session recording; CPD auto-submitted if HPCSA registered)

🔗 How to register: Add your ticket below and complete checkout. Confirmation emails with webinar link will be issued immediately and reminders sent before the event.

Access & Technical Requirements

• Platform: Online (link provided in confirmation email).
• Use full name & HPCSA number during registration for CPD allocation.
• Stable internet connection and headset recommended.

Refunds & Substitutions

• Refunds: Available until 7 days before event. No refunds thereafter.
• No substitutions allowed.

Disclaimer
While every effort has been made to present the programme as indicated, SASOM cannot be held liable for changes that occur due to circumstances beyond SASOM’s control.

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