Health workers are particularly at risk for workplace violence. The ILO has teamed up with the International Council of Nurses (ICN), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Public Services International (PSI) to address this problem.

The ILO, ICN, WHO, PSI Joint Programme on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector was launched in 2000 and has since carried out a series of research activities and published Framework Guidelines(*) on how to address this problem.

Recently, a Joint Programme Web site was established. It provides access to all the study reports, to the research instruments and the Framework Guidelines. The Joint Programme encourages the use of the materials for stimulating further discussion, research and the development of policies and strategies addressing workplace violence in the health sector.

(*) The Framework Guidelines also exist in French and Spanish.