THE HEALTH OF THE EMPLOYEE = THE HEALTH OF THE COMPANY
The leading companies get serious corporate health programs. Employees in a good state of health are key to the success of a company.
Odessa, the greatest harbor at the Black Sea. It is a fact well known that most of the Ukrainian maritime personnel lives in Odessa and Odessa distric, here being the harbor as well as the main teaching institutions for naval and maritime domain. Thus, it was normal that the maritime medicine will be more emphasized here, in Odessa. And so, the need for development of the maritime medicine in Odessa appeared.
If maritime safety has seen significant development in recent years in Europe, maritime medicine has not had the same success. International fleet development and the emergence of multi-ethnic crews has increased the risks of occupational stress, work accidents, risk outbreaks, insomnia etc. Together with the advent of tele-diagnostic systems, it appears imperative, to harmonize the practice in maritime medicine.
At the core of our efforts is the desire to act according to the principles of ILO (International Labor Organization) – MLC 2006 (Convention for MLC) and IMO (International Maritime Organization) – STCW 2011.
We are members of IMHA (International Association of Maritime Health), an international organization of maritime medicine physicians who have decided to promote scientifically and to increase the health quality of seafarers, to achieve a common goal – maintaining safety and life at sea.