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5-6 March 2015, Geneva
Pascal ZurnWHO Country Office for India
Background
Health worker migration not a new issue but a growing concern
Different perceptions on health workforce migratio
Lessons learned from existing Codes of Practice
solution WHA57.19nternational Migration of health personnel: a allenge for the health systems of developing untries”
solution 57.19 provides a global approach
) to develop, in consultation with Member States d all relevant partners, including development encies, a code of practice1 on the international cruitment of health personnel , especially from veloping countries, and to report progress to e Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly;
he devil is in the….footnote
2004-2010: the road towards the WHO Code
ur critical elements that complement and reinforced each other whicayed a key role towards the adoption of the Code:
Efforts to improve information on health worker migration
Member state process through the WHO governing bodies
Collaborative work with various stakeholders
Consultative process with Member States but also with the civil society
ocess to develop the Code of Practice on the ernational Recruitment of Health Personnel 1/3
4 May 2005 May 2006 May 2007 November 2007
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Progress Report to WHA
Lunchtime Seminar at WHA
First Meeting of the Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative - Global Policy Advisory Council & Technical Working Group -
Progress Report to WHA Global Policy Advisory Council Meeting
Process to develop the WHO Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel 2/3
Mar08 April08 May08 June08 July08 August08 Sept08 Oct08
Draft Code
tion Report
Kampala HRH Forum
Code Framework/Draft Outline
Tallinn EuroMinisterial
WHO OECD dialogue on Migration
PAC – TWG meeting
Launch of GlobalDialogue on Migration
G8 Summit Public Hearings
Drafting of the Code
1st Global Forum on HRH, Kampala, 2008First presentation of the framework for the WHO Code of Practice on the international Recruitment of Health Personnel – 1) Preamble and context– 2) Purpose of the Code of Practice– 3) Status– 4) Scope– 5) General principles – 6) Key elements of the Code of Practice – Appendix/companion document
Web‐based public hearingsClassification of Comments (n=96)
Others (CGFNS, HWMPI, NAM, PHRHA,
Equinet, GWHA)6%
Academic Institutions6%
GOs16%
WHO11%
International Organizations
3%
Countries20%
ProAss
Individuals15%
WHO‐OECD dialogue on migration and HRH
egates representing 35 countries, both higher and wer‐income countries , as well as technical experts, d representatives of professional associations and her international organizations, came together to dress critical questions, identify common trends d potential solutions to HRH migration challenges
th a renewed focus on an inclusive dialogue, this ent provided an opportunity for stronger laboration on international health worker gration
WHO RegionalCommittees
port for the Executive Board
ion
Backgroundpaper
d r a f t c o d e
January 09 March 09 May 09 July 09 September-October 09 January 10 March 10 May 10
Progress Report for the EB
Consultations
Code adopted by the World Health Assembly
Consultations
Technical Briefing WHA09
Process to develop a WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel 3/3
Discussions with missions / countries for draft code
G8 Summit
om resolution to framework, from framework to the WHO Co
• A “Chrysalidation” process