PHA-Exchange> Re: Efforts under way to stem brain drain of doctors and nurses

[Nance (PHM)]

On this subject:
WHO DG J.W. Lee announced at the opening of the Executive Board meeting 
that 2005 would be spend working on the issue of lack of human 
ressources in health care systems in poor countries and that this will 
be the theme of the 2006 World Health Report.
This is an area where PHM can play an important role in collaboration 
with other partners such as the Trade Unions.
Nance

Claudio wrote:

>From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 
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>Efforts under way to stem 'brain drain' of doctors and nurses
>Available online at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/83/2/en/news.pdf 
>  February - 2005 - Geneva, This month's WHO Bulletin looks at the migration of skilled professionals to industrialized countries 
>as one of the factors behind the chronic shortage of health workers in many developing countries. 
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>"..International recognition that the growing shortage of health workers poses a major threat to fighting diseases such as HIV/AIDS and 
>tuberculosis has prompted a flurry of measures to stem the exodus of health professionals from developing countries.
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>This year's World Health Assembly in May is expected to discuss how to limit the adverse effects of the migration and to promote fairer
>recruitment tactics by developed countries as a follow-up to a resolution passed in 2004.."
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