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?

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault,Ronald Labonté,Gail Tomblin Murphy,Vivien Runnels,Corinne Packer

doi:10.1186/s12960-016-0128-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0128-5

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Abstract

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.

Highlights

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was implemented by the World Health Assembly in May 2010
The present study offers some insights into key stakeholders’ perspectives and the potential impact of the Code five years since its implementation
The four source countries we studied have varying health worker population ratios, they still remain significantly lower than Canada’s ratios, which are well above the guidelines [9]

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Introduction

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was implemented by the World Health Assembly in May 2010. This international study considers the perspectives of a range of health care and policy stakeholders from a number of ‘source’ countries, including the Philippines, India, South Africa, and Jamaica.

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