Background Health workforce planning is important in ensuring that the recruitment, training
and deployment of health workers are conducted in the most efficient way possible …

Migration is an old phenomenon in human history. It takes place for various reasons, which
have been roughly grouped into" push" and" pull" factors. Migrants have always faced harsh …

A global shortage of health professionals makes it relatively easy for doctors and nurses
from poor countries to emigrate to rich countries. This has raised fears of a medical brain …

Global health worker maldistribution affects poor countries and rural areas most adversely,
despite their high disease burden. Health workers reject rural areas due to isolation, and …

Health workers are an indispensable building block of any functional health system [3-6].
They are essential to prevent disease, treat the sick, ease pain, mitigate disease risk, identify …

The liberalization of trade in health services in many countries has facilitated an increase in
international migration of health professionals from developing to developed countries …