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Session: Health Care Worker Migration from Developing Countries: What is Happening and Why it Matters
5059.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Health Care Worker Migration from Developing Countries: What is Happening and Why it Matters
This session combines the insights and findings of two reasearch scientists with the real life national health system experiences and perspectives of two senior policy makers relting to the phenomenon of health worker migration.
Learning Objectives: Attendees will have an increased understanding of the scale and impacts of health worker migration and of the policy elements that must be considered.
Organizer(s):John Pollock, MALD
Discussant(s):John Pollock, MALD
Moderator(s):John Pollock, MALD
8:30 AMBrain drain in health care  [ Recorded presentation ]
James Dwyer, PhD
8:50 AMDo no harm: Is the emigration of health professionals bad for Africa?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael Clemens, PhD
9:10 AMNecessity of Effective Policies and Good Governance to Foster Retention of Health Professionals  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kathy Kantengwa, MD, MPH
9:30 AMImpact of Migration on Health Services in Haiti  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ghislaine Adrian, MD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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