The BMA has highlighted the dangerous working conditions in Pakistan that lie behind the manufacturing of surgical instruments purchased by the NHS. At the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight, the BMA is calling on the NHS in Scotland to adopt new guidance on ethical purchasing.
The BMA's Medical Fair and Ethical Trade group has just launched an information campaign telling doctors about the dangerous working conditions and child labour evident in the production of NHS medical supplies. The BMA has been working with the NHS in England to produce guidance on ethical purchasing which will soon be published. The BMA is now calling on the Scottish Government to adopt similar guidance in Scotland.
Kids Being Trafficked from N.E. as Child Labor in Tamil Nadu
76 trafficked children hailing from Manipur and Assam, used as child labor, were recently rescued from a home at Kulitorai in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.
76 trafficked children hailing from Manipur and Assam, used as child labor, were recently rescued from a home at Kulitorai in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.
“There is evidence to suggest that many supplies used in the NHS are produced in unhealthy, unsafe and unfair working conditions. Workers in the developing world are poorly paid and are exposed to hazardous conditions where they risk serious injury and even death. For example, many surgical instruments are made in Pakistan where workers work twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Some suffer serious injuries due to poor standards of health and safety. There is also a use of child labour, with some workers as young as seven. It seems perverse that labourers around the world are risking their lives to supply us with equipment to save British lives.”
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Dept of Labor Says Porn, Fireworks, Diamonds Made With Child Labor
The US Department of Labor said in a report has said in a new report that children are used to produce everything from pornography in Ukraine to fireworks in the Philippines
The US Department of Labor said in a report has said in a new report that children are used to produce everything from pornography in Ukraine to fireworks in the Philippines
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Child Labour? Blame It on Physicians!
Doctors in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh provide false age qualification certificate to under-aged workers, government suspects.
Doctors in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh provide false age qualification certificate to under-aged workers, government suspects.
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NGOs Plan to Hold Mega Meet Against Child Labour in Orissa
CACL, a national network of more than 6,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is planning to hold a three-day national convention here to protest against child labour in the country.
CACL, a national network of more than 6,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is planning to hold a three-day national convention here to protest against child labour in the country.
