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International Recruitment of Health Personnel

WHO Global Code of Practice

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel establishes principles and practices for the ethical international recruitment of health personnel. Key elements of the voluntary code include:

• Promotion of ethical recruitment practices
• Fair labor practices for foreign educated health workers, including appropriate hourly wages and benefits
• Increased efforts from all countries, developed and developing, to meet their own health workforce needs
• Support for health system strengthening in less developed countries
• Tracking of migration patterns
• Periodic national status reports

Learn more:

WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (PDF - 154 KB) adopted 05/21/2010

First U.S. Submission under the WHO Global Code of Practice Reporting Instrument (PDF - 743 KB) submitted 08/28/2012

WHO Global Code of Practice: Implementation in the U.S. (PDF - 367 KB) presented 12/14/2011