Skilled Health Professionals' Migration And Its Impact On Health Delivery In Zimbabwe

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2004
Author
Chikanda, Abel
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Working Paper
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Abstract
The paper investigates the magnitude of migration of health professionals from Zimbabwe, the causes of such movements and the associated impacts on health care delivery. International migration of health professionals has led to staff shortages and the situation is worse in public compared to private health institutions. The quality of care given to patients has also declined. The research calls for the adoption of an integrated approach in solving the concerns of health professions.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10646/48
Additional Citation Information
Chikanda, A. 2004, Skilled health professionals' migration and its impact on health delivery in Zimbabwe, Centre On Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper No. 4, University of Oxford, Oxford.
Publisher
University of Oxford
Subject
migration
brain drain
health professionals
Zimbabwe
Additional Notes
This paper was presented at a conference on ‘Migration and Health’ hosted by Cape Town University and sponsored by the Transnational Communities Programme. It will be published as part of a special issue the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies in 2005.
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