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Health Workforce Brain Drain: From Denouncing the Challenge to Solving the Problem

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  • Giorgio Cometto
  • Kate Tulenko
  • Adamson S Muula
  • Ruediger Krech

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: Giorgio Cometto and colleagues discuss the study by Tankwanchi and colleagues on physician migration to the United States from sub-Saharan Africa and the steps that the US, other destination countries, and SSA countries can take to address the problem.

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  • Giorgio Cometto & Kate Tulenko & Adamson S Muula & Ruediger Krech, 2013. "Health Workforce Brain Drain: From Denouncing the Challenge to Solving the Problem," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-3, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001514
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001514
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    1. Akhenaten Benjamin Siankam Tankwanchi & Sten H Vermund & Douglas D Perkins, 2015. "Monitoring Sub-Saharan African Physician Migration and Recruitment Post-Adoption of the WHO Code of Practice: Temporal and Geographic Patterns in the United States," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(4), pages 1-18, April.
    2. Ferreira, Pedro L. & Raposo, Vitor & Tavares, Aida Isabel & Correia, Tiago, 2020. "Drivers for emigration among healthcare professionals: Testing an analytical model in a primary healthcare setting," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(7), pages 751-757.
    3. Anabelle Wong & Kevin K. C. Hung & Mzwandile Mabhala & Justin W. Tenney & Colin A. Graham, 2021. "Filling the Gaps in the Pharmacy Workforce in Post-Conflict Areas: Experience from Four Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-15, July.

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