WHO Americas and European Regional Offices and Headquarters hosted a high-level dialogue on issues related to health worker migration and mobility. The objectives were
- to define strategic directions for a roadmap in alignment with WHO’s Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel;
- to agree on key policy areas to optimize the benefits of migration and mitigate its negative effects in the Region; and
- to identify innovative mechanisms for fostering collaboration among countries to achieve equity and promote knowledge exchange on health workers migration and mobility, thereby facilitating the development of specific solutions for the Region of the Americas.
Countries discussed key policies to optimize health worker migration benefits. The event agreed to develop a roadmap for the Americas, align scheduled meetings on the Code, and present the outcomes to the Code expert advisory group in November 2024.
A second meeting will be held in Brazil in March 2025 focusing on specific topics like the next generation of Bilateral Labour Agreements.