Knowledge and potential impact of the WHO Global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel: Does it matter for source and destination country stakeholders?

Human Resources for Health

Commentary

Corinne Packer¹  Vivien Runnels¹  Ronald Labonté¹  Ivy Lynn Bourgeault²  Gail Tomblin Murphy³ 

[1] School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St, K1N6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada;WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre Health Workforce Planning and Research, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada;

关键词: Destination countries;    Migration of health workers;    Source countries;    WHO Code;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12960-016-0128-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was implemented in May 2010. The present commentary offers some insights into what is known about the Code five years on, as well as its potential impact, drawing from interviews with health care and policy stakeholders from a number of ‘source’ and ‘destination’ countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Bourgeault et al. 2016