Aspen Global Health and Development

Madrid, May 2010

Health Worker Global Policy Advisory Council Meeting/
Inter-regional Dialogue
The Westin Hotel  Madrid, Spain
9-11 May 2010 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.                   Agenda, Participant List and Council Member List

II.                WHO Documents

a.      WHO Draft Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and Report by the Secretariat, 15 April 2010.
b.      WHA57.19: International Migration of Health Personnel: A Challenge for Health Systems in Developing Countries, 22 May 2004.
c.       WHA58.17: International Migration of Health Personnel: A Challenge for Health Systems in Developing Countries, 25 May 2005.

III.             National and Regional Strategies

a.   “A proposal for measures under Norwegian foreign and international development policy to address the global health workforce crisis.” Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway: February,       2009.
b.       “European Regional Consultation on the Draft WHO Code of Practice.” WHO Report. Geneva, Switzerland: December 2009.
c.      “Abu Dhabi Declaration of Asian Countries of Origin and Destination.” Abu Dhabi, January, 2008.
d.       “Report of the WHO/PEPFAR planning meeting on scaling up nursing and medical education Geneva 13-14^th October 2009.” WHO Press, 2009
e.       Reich, Michael R., and Keizo Takemi. “G8 and Strengthening of Health Care Systems: Follow-up to the Toyako Summit.” The Lancet 373.9662 (2009): 508-515.        

IV.              Additional Council Documents

a.      Terms of Reference for Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative
b.      A Memorandum to President Obama from the Health Worker Migration Global Policy Advisory Council: June 25, 2009.
c.       President Barack Obama. “Remarks by the President to the Ghanaian Parliament.” Accra, Ghana: July 11, 2009. 
d.      A Memorandum to Dr. Margaret Chan from the Health Worker Migration Global Policy Advisory Council: December 4, 2009.

V.                 Background Materials

a.       Crisp, Nigel. “Chapter Four: Unfair Trade – Exporting Health Workers.” Turning the World Upside Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21^st Century. RSM Press: 2010.
b.      Fazal, Anwar. “Message on IBFAN’s 30^th Anniversary, 12 October 2009.”
c.       Wilson, J.D. “Taxing the Brain Drain: A Reassessment of the Bhagwati Proposal.” January 2005.
d.      Schofield, Deborah J., Susan L. Fletcher, and Emily J. Callander. "Aging Medical Workforce in Australia: Where Will the Medical Educators Come From?" Human Resources for Health 7.82, 2009.
e.      “Co-Chairs’ Summary of the Conference: Who will provide Primary Care and how will they be trained?” Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, 2010.
f.        George Washington University. “Medical Expansion and the future of Primary Care.” Medical Education Futures Study: November 2008.
g.       George Washington University. “Graduate Medical Education: The key to the Future of Primary Care?” Medical Education Futures Study: July 2008.
h.       Schofield, Fletcher et al. “Where do Health Professionals want to work?” Human Resources for Health 7:74, 2009.
i.        Hamada, Naomi et al. “International Flow of Zambian Nurses.” Human Resources for Health 7.83, 2009.