The occupational syndemics of miners in South Africa
Nicola Bulled,
Merrill Singer
Abstract:Occupational exposures in the large industrial mining sector contributed significantly to South Africa's high excess death rate due to COVID-19. Historically poor work-protection oversight has perpetuated centuries of risky labor and living conditions within the industry, driving high levels of disease co-morbidities, and supporting enduring social vulnerabilities. In this paper, we offer a syndemic lens to consider the clustering of adversely interacting diseases among mineworkers in South Africa, drawing att… Show more
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