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