All workers should be able to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and favorable working conditions.
High-risk economic sectors and vulnerable working populations, such as younger and older workers, need special consideration and protection.
They must adopt basic occupational health standards and make certain that all workplaces comply with minimum requirements.
Additionally, the plan suggests that global health threats, such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and avian influenza, can also be prevented and controlled at the workplace.
[1] Measures to protect workers' health should be incorporated in economic development policies and poverty reduction strategies.
WHO and its partners express in the plan an intention to work with the member states to promote partnership and joint action with ILO and other organizations of the United Nations system, organizations of employers, trade unions, and other stakeholders in civil society and the private sector in order to strengthen international efforts on workers' health.