WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (Norway)

Date Shared:

Friday, December 27, 2013 - 18:00

Countries and areas:

Norway

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 3: Good health and well being

Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin

Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Sweden 2013-2014

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Migration and Health, Migration in the United Nations, Temporary and Circular Labour Migration, Brain Drain and Brain Gain, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants

Summary:

Norway implements the WHO Code of Practice by scaling up education for relevant personnel to ensure sustainability of its own health care system. It has formally stopped recruiting health personnel from countries facing critical shortages in the health workforce.

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For more information:

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda ".