Documents on migration and retention
Background documents
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A World Health Organization code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel
pdf, 97kb
Background paper to assist WHO Member States in considering the development of a WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel. May 2009.
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Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention
pdf, 319kb
Background paper for the first expert meeting to develop evidence-based recommendations to increase access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention. February, 2009. -
Appendices
pdf, 157kb
Reports of meetings
Case studies
- Recruiting and retaining health workers in remote areas: Pacific Island case-studies
- Evaluation du programme d'appui à la médicalisation des aires de santé rurales au Mali
- La fidélisation des personnels de santé dans les zones difficiles au Sénégal
Technical reports
- Outreach services as a strategy to increase access to health workers in remote and rural areas
- Realist review and synthesis of retention studies for health workers in rural and remote areas
- How to Conduct a Discrete Choice Experiment for Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention in Remote and Rural Areas: A User Guide with Case Studies
WHO/OECD documents
Other related documents
- Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas (Cochrane Review)
- A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas
- Incentives for retaining and motivating health workers in Pacific and Asian countries
- Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review
- Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review
- Case study on HRH retention [in French] : La fidélisation des personnels de santé dans les zones difficiles du Sénégal [pdf 417kb]
- A review of non-financial incentives for health worker retention in east and southern Africa. [pdf 921kb]
- International nurse mobility: trends and policy implications. WHO/EIP/OSD/2003.3 [pdf 533kb]
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Technical consultation on imbalances in the health workforce. Report of the consultation
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Imbalances in the health workforce. Briefing paper.
pdf, 186kb - WHO resolutions on health workforce development