Recruitment of Health Workers from the Developing World

The loss of human resources through migration of professional health staff to developed countries usually results in a loss of capacity of the health systems in developing countries to deliver health care equitably. Migration of health workers also undermines the ability of countries to meet global, regional and national commitments… In Africa, the growing mass exodus of health professionals causes particular concern, depleting human resources, undermining the investment in human capital, exacerbating existing shortages of staff, and diminishing the capacity of the health services to provide adequate services and coverage. Recent WHO studies document the increasing pace of both internal migration and emigration. This report focuses on that continent. [from author’s description]