Physicians for Human Rights Report on Brain Drain
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Dear All,
Hello. I know that the issue of "brain drain" of health profes-
sionals from Africa has been a subject of discussion on this
listserv, so I thought you might be interested in a new report
on the topic. Earlier this month, Physicians for Human Rights, a
US-based NGO, released a report titled "An Action Plan to Pre-
vent Brain Drain: Building Equitable Health Systems in Africa."
A copy of the report [Adobe PDF file, 129 pp. 688 kB], as well
as a press release, is available at
http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/aids/bangkok/braindrain.html
In the report, we emphasize that solutions do exist and offer a
number of recommendations -- though it will take significant po-
litical commitment and resources to get many of these imple-
mented. Please let me know if you have an interest in getting
involved in advocacy work related to these issues.
Thanks.
Peace,
Eric A. Friedman
Physicians for Human Rights
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Tel: +1-202-728-5335 ext. 303
Fax: +1-202-728-3053
mailto:efriedman@phrusa.org