Global Forum on Migration and Development
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Date Shared: 
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 18:00
Title: 

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

Countries and areas: 
Norway
Thematic Area: 
Governance of migration and coordination of dialogue, Policy coherence and mainstreaming
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.

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 ".

Link: 

For more information:

  • http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/code/practice/en/
  • http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/migration/code/code_en.pdf

Source (retrieved on 04/12/2026 - 21:55): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/81