Experts from 14 countries will discuss issues of medicine and occupational safety at a forum in Polotsk and Novopolotsk

Эксперты из 14 стран обсудят проблемы медицины и охраны труда на форуме в Полоцке и Новополоцке
The III International Scientific and Practical Forum "Health and Safety in the Workplace" will be held at the Naftan Palace of Culture and at the Polotsk State University in Novopolotsk from May 15-17.

The forum is dedicated to the centenary of the International Labour Organization. Scientists and specialists from 14 countries, including Switzerland, Belarus, Italy, Slovenia, the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, and Russia, will take part in its work.

At the forum, specialists will discuss current issues in medicine and occupational safety, extending active working longevity, stratification of occupational risks of employees, as well as issues of implementing health-saving technologies in the workplace, fire, industrial, and environmental safety.

During the event, a thematic exhibition, a master class, and a competition of scientific research by young scientists from near and far abroad countries will be held. The forum program also includes a practical part with a visit to OJSC "Naftan".

The organizers are the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Republican Centre for Occupational Safety, the University of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus, with the participation of the Association of Occupational Medicine Doctors and Specialists, the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Research Institute of Occupational Medicine of the Russian Federation", and the F.F. Erisman Federal Scientific Center for Hygiene.

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