The present manual is a distillation of
seven years of WIND experience, drawn
principally from farmers' own initiatives to
improve the quality of their lives and work.
It has been drafted by Dr Ton That Khai,
Director of the Cantho Centre for
Occupational Health and Environment, in
collaboration with Dr Tsuyoshi Kawakami,
Specialist on Occupational Safety and
Health in the ILO East Asia
Multidiscilinary Advisory Team. Thanks
are due to the many Vietnamese and
international specialists who provided
valuable comments for improving the
contents, especially Ms Doan Minh Hoa,
Mr Hoang Van Hung and their staff from
the Department of Labour Protection of
the Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social
Affairs, Dr Nguyen Thi Hong Tu and her
staff from the Department of Preventive
Medicine of the Ministry of Health, Dr
Nguyen Ngoc Nga of the National
Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health, and Dr Kazutaka
Kogi of the Institute for the Science of
Labour of Kawasaki, Japan.