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Hiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in ‘source’ country perspectives on health worker migration

Abstract

BackgroundGender roles and relations affect both the drivers and experiences of health worker migration, yet policy responses rarely consider these gender dimensions. This lack of explicit attention from source country perspectives can lead to inadequate policy responses.MethodsA Canadian-led research team partnered with co-investigators in the Philippines, South Africa, and India to examine the causes, consequences and policy responses to the …

Authors

Bourgeault IL; Runnels V; Atanackovic J; Spitzer D; Walton-Roberts M

Journal

Human Resources for Health, Vol. 19, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1186/s12960-021-00571-6

ISSN

0859-8037