Aspen Global Health and Development

Geneva, May 2007

Health Worker Global Policy Advisory Council Meeting
WHO Headquarters  Geneva, Switzerland
15 May 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Agenda
II. Participant List and Health Worker Global Policy Advisory Council Member Biographies
III. Terms of Reference for Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative
IV. Terms of Reference for WHO Technical Briefing Paper by Prof. John Connell
V. Draft Calendar of Activities: January 2007-December 2008

VI. WHA Resolutions and Reports
a. WHA57.19: International migration of health personnel: a challenge for health systems in developing countries

b. WHA58.17: International migration of health personnel: a challenge for health systems in developing countries

c. Report by the Secretariat WHA59/18: International migration of health personnel: a challenge for health systems in developing countries

VII. Memorandums of Understanding, Bilaterals and Codes
a. United Kingdom Department of Health Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals

b. Commonwealth Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health Workers

c. Companion Document to the Commonwealth Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals

d. Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the Reciprocal Educational Exchange of Healthcare Concepts and Personnel

e. Case Study of Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the Reciprocal Educational Exchange of Healthcare Concepts and Personnel

f. Euro-African Partnership for Migration and Development's Rabat Declaration

VIII. Background Materials & Policy Briefs
a. The Health Workforce: Managing the Crisis Ethical International Recruitment of Health Professionals: Will Codes of Practice Protect Developing Country Health Systems? by Tim Martineau & Annie Willetts; published in Health and Policy 75 (2006), pp. 358-367.

b. Global Health Partnerships: The UK Contribution to Health in Developing Countries by Lord Nigel Crisp; compiled and published on behalf of the Goverment of the United Kingdom, 2007.

c. International Migration of Health Professionals: New Evidence and Recent Trends; Presentation for a Call to Action: Ensuring Global Human Resources for Health by Jean Christophe Dumont & Pascal Zurn, OECD.

d. Migration of Health Care Workers from Developing Countries: Strategic Approaches to its Management by Barbara Stillwell et al.; in the Bulleting of the World Health Organization, Vol 82(8), August 2004.

e. Briefing Note on International Migration of Health Professionals: Leveling the Playing Field for Developing Country Health Systems by Tim Martineau, Karola Decker & Peter Bundred; published by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2002.

f. The Role of Wages in the Migration of Health Care Professionals from Developing Countries by Marko Vujicic et al.; published in Human Resources for Health Vol 2(3), April 2004.

g. International Migration of Health Workers: Labour and Social Issues (excerpted) by Stephen Bach; working paper prepared for the International Labour Office, Geneva, July 2003.