WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) held a virtual press conference on the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury following the publication of the first estimates of exposure to long working hours and the attributable burden of disease from stroke and ischaemic heart disease. Attending from WHO were Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, and Dr Frank Pega, the Technical Officer who lead the project.