Every year, 1000s of lives are lost and millions of dollars drained from our economies by preventable risks to people from their work, but what could change this costly liability into one of the greatest opportunities for strategic investment to reverse risks of harm to people people, fuel economic diversification and power sustainable, economic growth. This is the case for Occupational Health , and building a robust national occupational health strategy. By learning from the best of global models, and making evidence-based thinking relevant to governments, economists and business leaders we can make investment in occupational health everyone's business strategy.