Exodus of Health Professionals from Sub-Saharan Africa: Balancing Human Rights and Societal Needs in the Twenty-First Century
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Nursing Inquiry
Volume:
14
Issue:
2
Copyright:
2007
Pages:
11
Description:
In this paper we present a comprehensive analysis of the literature and argue that, from a human rights perspective, there are competing rights in the international migration of health professionals: the right to leave one’s country to seek a better life; the right to health of populations in the source and destination countries; labour rights; the right to education; and the right to nondiscrimination and equality. Creative policy approaches are required to balance these rights and to ensure that the individual rights of health professionals do not compromise the societal right to health. [from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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