The International Platform on Health Worker Mobility

Overview

Health worker mobility has been recognized as an expression of the persistent dynamics of labour markets and associated multi-sectoral laws, regulations, and policies.

The focus of the International Platform is on the movement of health workers, permanent and temporary, that crosses national and regional jurisdictions, with recognition that this is itself closely tied to intra-national movement, as well as occupational movements within and outside the health labour market.

As used, the definition of health worker mobility is closely related to that of international health worker migration, though broader in its scope.