Occupational safety and health country profile: Malawi

International labour standards

  1. NORMLEX

    Ratification of ILO conventions

    Database on international labour standards

    Provides access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards on OSH (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.).

Policies and programmes

  1. 2011-2016

    National programme

    Moving towards zero accidents and diseases at work

    The programme aims to guide a systematic and coordinated approach to strengthen a national system on OSH aimed at fostering a preventative safety and health culture in Malawi.

  2. 2012

    Labour market profile

    Source: LO/FTF Council / Ulandssekretariatet

  3. 2009

    National profile

    An essential initial step in building a good national programme, a key tool in applying a systems management approach to OSH.

Laws and regulations

  1. LEGOSH

    National regulatory framework

    Global database on OSH legislation

    Contains annual data collected mainly through the ILO yearly questionnaire. It covers a wide range of topics including occupational injuries

  2. NATLEX

    National legislation

    National labour legislation database

    Includes abstracts of OSH legislation and citation information. Full text of laws or a relevant source is linked to the records, when available.

Authorities and bodies

  1. Responsible authorities

    The Directorate administers and reviews occupational safety and health standards in the labour sector through the Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act (OSHWA).

Statistics

  1. ILOSTAT

    Occupational injuries

    Database of labour statistics

    Contains annual data collected mainly through the ILO yearly questionnaire. It covers a wide range of topics including occupational injuries.

  2. 2013

    Study on the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases

Information and advisory services

  1. ILO-CIS centre