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<h1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Public hearings on the draft code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel</span></font></b></h1>
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<h3><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">World Health Organization – WHO 2008<br><br>Download full text</span></font></b></h3>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/draft-code-ar.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Arabic [pdf 87kb]</span></font></a> | <a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/draft_code_ch.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Chinese [pdf 480kb]</span></font></a> | <a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/code/draft_code_en.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">English [pdf 55kb]</span></font></a> | <a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/draft_code_fr.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">French [pdf 27kb]</span></font></a> | <a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/draft_code_ru.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Russian [pdf 243kb]</span></font></a> | <a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/draft-code-sp.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Spanish [pdf 72kb]</span></font></a><br>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"…..The number of migrating health workers has significantly increased in the past decades, and patterns of migration have become more complex and now involve more countries. Health worker migration from those countries experiencing a crisis shortage in their health workforce is further weakening already fragile health systems and presents a serious impediment to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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 public hearings on a draft code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">between 1st and 30 September 2008…."</span></b></span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shortcuts to Articles</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 1: Objectives of the code</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index1.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 2: Nature and scope of the code</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index2.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 3: Guiding principles</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>4.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index3.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 4: Recruitment practices</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>5.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index4.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 5: Mutuality of benefits</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>6.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index5.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 6: National health workforce sustainability</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>7.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index6.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 7: Data gathering and research </span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>8.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index7.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 8: Information exchange</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>9.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index8.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 9: Implementation of the code</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>10.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index9.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 10: Monitoring and institutional arrangements</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>11.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.who.int/hrh/public_hearing/draftcode/en/index10.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Article 11: Partnerships, technical collaboration and financial support</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br><br><span><b><font face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">::</span></font></b></span> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/public_hearing/announcement/en/index.html" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Submit your contribution</span></font></a> <br>
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