Brain Drain of Health Professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa to Canada
Language:
English
Publishers:
Southern African Migration Project, Institute of Population Health, Idasa Publishing
Series/Journal Title:
African Migration and Development Series
Volume:
2
Copyright:
2006
Pages:
92
Description:
Significant numbers of African-trained health workers migrate every year to developed countries including Canada. They leave severely crippled health systems in a region where life expectancy is only 50 years of age, 16 per cent of children die before their fifth birthday and the HIV/AIDS crisis continues to burgeon. The population of Sub-Saharan Africa totals over 660 million, with a ratio of fewer than 13 physicians per 100,000. [from introduction]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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