Should active recruitment of health workers from Sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

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dc.contributor.authorMills, Edward J.
dc.contributor.authorSchabas, William A.
dc.contributor.authorVolmink, Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Roderick
dc.contributor.authorFord, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorKatabira, Elly
dc.contributor.authorAnema, Aranka
dc.contributor.authorJoffres, Michel
dc.contributor.authorCahn, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMontaner, Julio
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T18:53:35Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T18:53:35Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractShortages of health-care staff are endemic in sub-Saharan Africa (table). 1 Overall, there is one physician for every 8000 people in the region. In the worst affected countries, such as Malawi, the physician-to-population ratio is just 0·02 for every 1000 (one per 50 000). There are also huge disparities between rural and urban areas: rural parts of South Africa have 14 times fewer doctors than the national average. 2 These numbers are very different to those in developed countries: the UK, for example, has over 100 times more physicians per population than Malawi. 3 Furthermore, almost one in ten doctors working in the UK are from Africa. The insufficiency of health staff to provide even basic services is one of the most pressing impediments to health-care delivery in resource-poor settings. The consequences are clearly shown by the inverse relation that exists between health-care worker density and mortality.
dc.identifier.citationMills, E. J., Schabas, W. A., Volmink, J., Walker, R., Ford, N., Katabira, E., ... Montaner, J. (2008). Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime? The Lancet.
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60308-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.huesped.org.ar/handle/123456789/1127
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe Lancet
dc.subjectHealth workers
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectRecruitment
dc.subjectCrime
dc.titleShould active recruitment of health workers from Sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?

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