Dr. Nayab
Sultan
The world's occupational disease systems are failing workers. Dr. Nayab Sultan helps governments, corporations, and global agencies fix that.
35 years. 60+ countries. Global Standards Development (ISO45001 Technical Committee). UN Expert. Society of Occupational Medicine Outstanding Contribution to Occupational Health Globally Award 2025.
The Challenge
Occupational disease is not a compliance issue. It is a systems failure.
Silicosis is resurging in engineered (artificial) stone manufacturing and workshops, in tunnelling projects, through to mining operations across the world. Exposure risks in modern construction and manufacturing are outpacing the regulatory frameworks designed to control them. Governments and corporations are managing compliance checklists while workers continue to develop irreversible, fatal diseases.
The gap is not regulation. The gap is system design. Prevention, surveillance, early intervention, and cross-sector coordination require a different kind of expertise – one that spans occupational health, environmental science, public health policy, and field-level practice simultaneously.
That is the work.
Who this work serves.
Every engagement starts with the specific problem at hand — not a framework applied from a distance.
Independent advisory on silica risk, occupational disease prevention, and integrated health system design for mining, construction, tunnelling, manufacturing and resource companies globally.
Policy development, OHS system design, regulatory alignment, and ratification of conventions for ministries, national authorities, and UN agencies across developing and emerging economies.
Principal investigator collaboration, longitudinal study design, and peer-reviewed publication on occupational exposure, long-latency disease, and workforce health surveillance.
Recent Recognition
Evidence of the work.
The work requires precision. Let's talk about yours.
Available for strategic advisory engagements, research collaboration, policy advisory, and keynote presentations globally. Response within 48 hours.