PHA-Exch> Contributions invited on draft code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: HREA noreply at hrea.org

Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2008, 12h00 GMT

1st September 2008 | GENEVA -- All parties with an interest in the upcoming
WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel
are invited to present their views through web-based public hearings
organized by WHO.

WHO invites Member States, health workers, recruiters, employers, academic
and research institutions, health professional organizations, relevant
subregional, regional and international organizations, whether governmental
or nongovernmental, and all persons concerned with the international
recruitment of health personnel to contribute to the web-based hearings on a
draft code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel
between 1st and 30 September 2008.

The initiative will provide an opportunity for everyone, including the
general public, to consider and comment upon the draft code. Input received
during the course of these web-based public hearings will contribute to
developing a revised draft code of practice on the international recruitment
of health personnel.

The numbers of migrating health workers have significantly increased in the
past decades, and patterns of migration have become more complex and have
involved more countries. Health worker migration from those countries that
are already experiencing a crisis in their health workforce is further
weakening already fragile health systems and presents a serious impediment
to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

Responding to the issue, the World Health Assembly, in Resolutions WHA57.19
and WHA58.17, requests the Director-General to develop a code of practice on
international recruitment of health personnel, in consultation with Member
States and all relevant partners.

Contributions received during the web-based public hearings will be
considered in the development of a draft code of practice that will be
discussed by WHO's Executive Board at its session in January 2009.

For further information visit:
http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/announcement/en/index.html
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