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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 the 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.

Awards

• AIHA Outstanding Volunteer Group (2021, 2020, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)
• AIHA Soaring Star Award (2017, 2013) and Rising Star Award (2011)

Qualifications to Join

Members must be an AIHA member in good standing. If you are interested in learning more about membership, please visit https://www.aiha.org/membership.

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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
India: Maharshi Mehta, CIH, CSP, FAIHA
Israel: Mark A. Katchen, CIH, FAIHA
Mozambique: Custodio Muianga
Nepal: Steve Thygerson, PhD, CIH
Pakistan: Muhammad Akram, PhD, CHMM
Switzerland: Olindo Ianniello
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