PHA-Exch> The looming crisis of the health workforce: How can OECD countries respond?

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *The looming crisis of the health workforce: How can OECD countries
respond?*

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*Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development* *(OECD, 2008)*



Website: www.oecd.org/health/workforce.

Introduction: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/15/41509236.pdf

Table of content: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/14/41509461.pdf





"…..OECD countries face a challenge in responding to the growing demand for
doctors and nurses over the next 20 years. This challenge arises in a world
which is already characterised by significant international migration of
health workers, both across OECD countries and between some developing
countries and the OECD area.



What combination of human-resource management policies and migration
policies is adopted by OECD countries? How do migration and other health
workforce policies interact with each other? How can destination countries
build a sustainable health workforce? What are the consequences of
emigration of doctors and nurses for origin countries?



 Drawing from selected OECD countries' experience, the study also provides
for selected countries (Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom
and

United States) an overview of health workforce policies implemented to build
adequate human resources for the provision of health care…."


All case studies are available through these following links:



Canada: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/59/41590427.pdf

France http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/10/41437407.pdf

Italy http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/10/41431698.pdf

New Zealand http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/41/40673065.pdf

United Kingdom http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/2/41500789.pdf

United States (nurses) http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/9/41431864.pdf

United States (doctors) http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/1/41500843.pdf



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WHO-OECD hosted dialogue on migration and other health workforce issues in a
global economy*

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Geneva, 20-21 October 2008 <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/56/41520380.pdf>
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic
Development (OECD) collaborated in the organization of the conference,
"WHO-OECD Hosted Dialogue on Migration and other Health Workforce issues in
a Global Economy".

Objectives:



- to identify priority areas for future research at international level;

- to strengthen international collaboration on international health worker
migration, including  mechanisms for monitoring flows & stocks of health
professional migrants;

- to stimulate actions in participating countries along the lines of the
options discussed during the Dialogue.


*Presentations*

Listed according to the agenda.

The EU health professional workforce [pdf
46kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Andrzej_Rys.pdf>
Dr Andrzej J. Rys, Director, Public Health and Risk Assessment,
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, European Commission, Brussels,
Belgium.

Human resources for health development and the renewal of primary health
care [pdf 152kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Manuel_Dayrit.pdf>
Dr Manuel M. Dayrit, Director, Department of Human Resources for Health,
WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

Introductory remarks: Joint WHO-OECD project "Health workforce and
international migration" [pdf
324kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Peter_Scherer_intro.pdf>
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD, Paris, France.

Domestic training and international recruitment of health workers [pdf
2.05Mb] <http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/JC_Dumont.pdf>
Mr Jean-Christophe Dumont, Principal Administrator, Directorate for
Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, Paris, France

Retention of health workers with a focus on rural areas [pdf
323kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Pascal_Zurn.pdf>
Dr Pascal Zurn, Health Economist, Human Resources for Health, WHO, Geneva,
Switzerland.

Management des resources humaines de la santé (in French) [pdf
29kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Laurence_Codjia.pdf>
Ms Laurence Codjia, Human Resources for Health Specialist, Dakar, Senegal.

Closing remarks [pdf
423kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Kaspar_Wyss.pdf>
Dr Kaspar Wyss, Project Leader SPMU, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel,
Switzerland.

Retaining the health workforce: challenges for low income countries [pdf
233kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Peter_Scherer_session3.pdf>
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD, Paris, France.

Costs of eliminating critical shortages in human resources for health [pdf
118kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Tessa_Tan_Torres_Edejer.pdf>
Dr Tessa Tan Torres-Edejer, Coordinator CEP, Health Systems Financing, WHO,
Geneva, Switzerland.

Financing and managing the health workforce in the public sector [pdf
368kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Marco_Vujicic.pdf>
Mr Marko Vujicic, Health Economist, Human Development Network and Ms Susan
Sparkes, Junior Professional Associate, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.,
United States of America

Malawi's emergency human resources programme - an overview [pdf
194kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Matt_Gordon.pdf>
Mr Matt Gordon, (Former) Health and HIV/AIDS Adviser DFID Malawi, Department
for International Development, London, United Kingdom
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