NIOH Executive Director
Dr Sophia Kisting is an Occupational Medicine Specialist with extensive clinical and preventive occupational health and safety experience at the national, regional and global level. She was the head of the ILO’s global Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work for several years and was instrumental in the development of a human rights protective international labour standard on HIV/AIDS and the world of work.
She worked in the School of Public Health at UCT for 12 years. She is currently the Executive Director of the National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) in South Africa. She was awarded the President of the Convocation Medal for 2017 by UCT in recognition of having made a significant contribution to the common good.
Messages from the Executive Director
Greetings from the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting to end TB – A letter to OHS colleagues from New York
Dear Colleagues, I wanted to share with you a few pictures to give you a sense of how amazing it is to sit in on this historic gathering. We have listened this morning to [...]
OHS tragedy – Recent Fire in Bank of Lisbon Building
The NIOH wishes to extend its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of those who lost loved ones in the recent fire at the Bank of Lisbon Building in downtown Johannesburg. We are with them [...]
ICOH 2018 Report Back
I am very proud of the NIOH staff members that participated in and made significant contribution to the ICOH congress in Dublin this year, which took place from 29 April – 4 May 2018. My [...]