ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 79: African Health Worker Migration to Europe: Problems, Prospects, Policies (Andrew Lawrence )

Panel Organiser: Andrew Lawrence

This panel analyses the history of African health worker migration to Europe; the role of international migrant workers’ networks in facilitating their workplace adaptation and the regulation of the health sector’s global labour market; the mechanisms and institutional resources of these networks, especially their opportunities and limitations as mediators within the global labour market; and policy options and current best practices that harmonize European and African health outcomes.

Accepted Abstracts

The Migration of Zimbabwean Health Professionals to Europe
 
How can the scenario method assist in African health sector planning?
 
 
International nurse migration: Impacts on health care delivery of a nurse deficit in Kitwe, Zambia
 
The implications of the ethical recruitment strategy to the 'brain drain' of health professionals from sub-Saharan Africa
 
 
A community-based alternative approach for securing and retaining health workforce in Africa