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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The looming crisis of the health workforce: How can OECD countries respond?</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development</span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">(OECD, 2008)</span></b></span></font></p>
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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">Website: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/health/workforce" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">www.oecd.org/health/workforce</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">Introduction: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/15/41509236.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/15/41509236.pdf</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">Table of content: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/14/41509461.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/14/41509461.pdf</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
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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">"…..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.</span></font></p>
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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">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?</span></font></p>
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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"> Drawing from selected OECD countries' experience, the study also provides for selected countries (Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom and</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">United States</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) an overview of health workforce policies implemented to build adequate human resources for the provision of health care…."</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>All case studies are available through these following links:</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="PT-BR" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada: </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/59/41590427.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span lang="PT-BR" style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/59/41590427.pdf</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <span lang="PT-BR"></span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="PT-BR" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">France </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/10/41437407.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span lang="PT-BR" style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/10/41437407.pdf</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <span lang="PT-BR"></span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="FR" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Italy </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/10/41431698.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span lang="FR" style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/10/41431698.pdf</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <span lang="FR"></span></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">New Zealand</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/41/40673065.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/41/40673065.pdf</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">United Kingdom</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/2/41500789.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/2/41500789.pdf</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">United States</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (nurses) <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/9/41431864.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/9/41431864.pdf</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">United States</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (doctors) <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/1/41500843.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/1/41500843.pdf</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>WHO-OECD hosted dialogue on migration and other health workforce issues in a global economy</span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br><a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/56/41520380.pdf" target="_blank">Geneva, 20-21 October 2008</a></span></font></b></p>
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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 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". <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">Objectives:</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- to identify priority areas for future research at international level;</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- to strengthen international collaboration on international health worker migration, including mechanisms for monitoring flows & stocks of health professional migrants;</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- to stimulate actions in participating countries along the lines of the options discussed during the Dialogue.</span></font></p>
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<h1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Presentations</span></font></b></h1>
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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"><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Andrzej_Rys.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">The EU health professional workforce [pdf 46kb]</span></font></a><br>
Dr Andrzej J. Rys, Director, Public Health and Risk Assessment, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Manuel_Dayrit.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Human resources for health development and the renewal of primary health care [pdf 152kb]</span></font></a><br>
Dr Manuel M. Dayrit, Director, Department of Human Resources for Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Peter_Scherer_intro.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Introductory remarks: Joint WHO-OECD project "Health workforce and international migration" [pdf 324kb]</span></font></a><br>
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD, Paris, France. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/JC_Dumont.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Domestic training and international recruitment of health workers [pdf 2.05Mb]</span></font></a><br>
Mr Jean-Christophe Dumont, Principal Administrator, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, Paris, France <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Pascal_Zurn.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Retention of health workers with a focus on rural areas [pdf 323kb]</span></font></a><br>
Dr Pascal Zurn, Health Economist, Human Resources for Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Laurence_Codjia.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Management des resources humaines de la santé (in French) [pdf 29kb]</span></font></a><br>
Ms Laurence Codjia, Human Resources for Health Specialist, Dakar, Senegal. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Kaspar_Wyss.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Closing remarks [pdf 423kb]</span></font></a><br>
Dr Kaspar Wyss, Project Leader SPMU, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Peter_Scherer_session3.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Retaining the health workforce: challenges for low income countries [pdf 233kb]</span></font></a><br>
Mr Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, OECD, Paris, France. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Tessa_Tan_Torres_Edejer.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Costs of eliminating critical shortages in human resources for health [pdf 118kb]</span></font></a><br>
Dr Tessa Tan Torres-Edejer, Coordinator CEP, Health Systems Financing, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Marco_Vujicic.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Financing and managing the health workforce in the public sector [pdf 368kb]</span></font></a><br>
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 <br><br><a href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/Matt_Gordon.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">Malawi's emergency human resources programme - an overview [pdf 194kb]</span></font></a><br>
Mr Matt Gordon, (Former) Health and HIV/AIDS Adviser DFID Malawi, Department for International Development, London, United Kingdom</span></font></p>
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