Cost of Health-Related Brain Drain to the WHO African Region


 
Language:

English

Author:

Kirigia JM et al.

Series/Journal Title:

African Journal of Health Sciences

Volume:

13

Issue:

3-4

Description:

The African Region continues to experience loss of a sizeable number of highly skilled health professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists and pharmacists) to Australia, North America and European Union. Past attempts to estimate cost of migration were limited to education cost only and did not include the lost returns from investment. The objective of this study was to estimate the social cost of emigration of doctors and nurses from the African Region to the developed countries. [from abstract]

Subject

Geographic Focus

Resource Type