Reshaping the fabric of health: a call for improving the respiratory health of textile workers in low- and middle-income countries

Tara Ballav  Adhikari; Torben Sigsgaard; Per Kallestrup; Om Kurmi

doi:10.1183/13993003.01803-2023

Reshaping the fabric of health: a call for improving the respiratory health of textile workers in low- and middle-income countries

Tara Ballav Adhikari
, Torben Sigsgaard
, Per Kallestrup
, Om Kurmi

Aarhus University
Nepal Health Frontiers
Nepal Development Society
McMaster University
Nexus Institute of Research and Innovation

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Abstract

The textile industry is an important contributor to the economies of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Over the past two decades, textile and garment production has markedly shifted towards LMICs with lower labour and production costs, more accessibility to raw materials, such as cotton, and fewer stringent regulatory measures than high-income countries (HICs). As a result, Asian nations such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam have emerged as major manufacturing hubs of the textile industry. This shift has led to Asia accounting for 55% of the world's textile and apparel exports while generating around 60 million job opportunities.

Original language	English
Article number	2301803
Journal	European Respiratory Journal
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01803-2023
Publication status	Published - 18 Jan 2024

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This is an author-submitted, peer-reviewed version of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal, prior to copy-editing, formatting and typesetting. This version of the manuscript may not be duplicated or reproduced without prior permission from the European Respiratory Society. The publisher is not responsible or liable for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or in any version derived from it by any other parties. The final, copy-edited, published article, which is the version of record, is available without a subscription 18 months after the date of issue publication.

Keywords

Textiles
Humans
Developing Countries
Dust
Occupational Exposure

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