Goals and Objectives

• Build OEHS capacity in areas of the world where it is lacking.
  
• Serve as a resource for organizations, groups, and individuals outside the United States requesting assistance from AIHA on organizational, professional, or technical matters.
  
• Support groups and individuals who provide industrial hygiene training, resource material, and equipment in areas where they are needed.
  
• Increase international awareness of industrial hygiene and the importance of preventing occupational disease.
• Promote public awareness of occupational health and the OEHS profession.
  
• Promote awareness of OEHS among institutions and agencies that provide related services in developing countries, e.g. NGOs, government and public health agencies, educational institutions, labor unions, and employer organizations.
  
• Enhance co-operation among international occupational hygiene organizations and build an understanding of international issues.
  
• Encourage cooperation among international occupational hygiene organizations and support the development of professional industrial hygiene associations in developing countries.
  
• Encourage discussion and knowledge exchange among occupational health professionals on topics relating to preserving occupational health and safety worldwide.
  
• Support application of OEHS expertise to identify and control occupational health hazards worldwide.
  
• Support efforts by OEHS to offer their expertise and services in countries where it is needed.
  
• Support and advocate for policies, standards, and initiatives to prevent exposure to occupational hazards in all countries.

Articles

• Exposure to Respirable Silica Among Clay Brick Workers in Katmandu Valley, Nepal

Inter-Governmental Occupational Safety and Health Organizations and Regulating Bodies

• World Health Organization
• International Labor Organization (ILO)
• International Standards Organization
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Non-Government Professional Organizations

• International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
• Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB)
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
• International Network of Safety and Health Professional Organizations (INSHPO)
• European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organizations (ENSHPO)
• International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

Ambassadors

Argentina: Armando Chamorro, CIH
Bolivia: Kyle Naylor, CIH, CSP, AEMT
China: Laurence Svirchev, CIH
Colombia: Luis Guillermo Araque Munoz
Ethiopia: Hailemichael Mulugeta Workneh
France: Thomas P. Fuller, ScD, CIH, CSP, MSPH, MBA
Ghana: Steve Gyan
India: Maharshi Mehta, CIH, CSP, FAIHA
Israel: Mark A. Katchen, CIH, FAIHA
Mozambique: Custodio Muianga
Nepal: William S. (Bill) Carter, CIH, PhD
Pakistan: Muhammad Akram, PhD, CHMM
South Africa: Peter John-Jacobs
Switzerland: Samantha Connell, CIH
Vietnam: Tuan Nguyen, CIH, CSP, ARM

• Ambassador Application Form
• Ambassador Activity Report Form​
• Model Memorandum of Understanding Between AIHA and a Foreign Allied Organization

Past Committee Chairs