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Open Access 01-06-2016 | Editorial

The WHO Global Code: increasing relevance and effectiveness

Authors: James Campbell, Ibadat S. Dhillon, Amani Siyam

Published in: Human Resources for Health | Special Issue 1/2016

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The international migration of health personnel is on the rise. Recent data demonstrate increasing reliance on foreign-born and foreign-trained health professionals in OECD countries with a 60 % increase in the total number of migrant nurses and physicians over the last decade and a higher proportionate increase from countries experiencing ‘critical’ health workforce shortages [1]. These trends are projected to worsen [2]. OECD countries are not the only destination. Emerging economies in Asia, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly the destinations for migrating health professionals [3]. …

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Title: The WHO Global Code: increasing relevance and effectiveness
Authors: James Campbell
Ibadat S. Dhillon
Amani Siyam
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Human Resources for Health / Issue Special Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0131-x

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