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Draft of the WHO Code of conduct including the report by the Secretariat (December 2008)

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Addressing the participants at the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, and referring to the draft "WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel", a representative of the Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI) today welcomed the joint effort by WHO Member States, WHO and civil society to address and regulate international migration of health workers.

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"Many nations, already struggling to educate and train a sufficient number of appropriate types of health workers, simultaneously experience a loss of existing health workers to other countries which they see as offering more attractive working and living conditions."

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