Impact of migration on access to maternal and newborn health services V Parliamentary Meeting on Global Health: The migration of the health workforce and its impact on global health Madrid 26 February, 2013 Jim Campbell Director, ICS Integrare, Barcelona, Spain [email protected]
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Jim Campbell: Impact of Migration on Maternal & Newborn Health. February 2013
Presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Reproductive Health and Nutrition, Madrid, Spain on February 25, 2013.
A WHO Code of Practice on the international recruitment of health personnel exists since 2010, though the first reporting by Member States in 2013 is very poor. The issue of international migration is often the immediate reaction when discussing migration ("brain drain"). However, evidence points to the fact this is less of a problem than internal migration, which leaves communities, families and women without access to the necessary health personnel and health services.
This presentation explores these issues with respect to the midwifery workforce, and in particular midwives. It uses data from the State of the World's Midwifery 2011, and the H4+ High Burden Countries Initiative to highlight the concerns.
The evidence confirms that without due attention to the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of healthcare professionals and other MNH health workers, there is a lack of effective coverage for women.
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Impact of migration on access to maternal and newborn health services
V Parliamentary Meeting on Global Health: The migration of the health workforce and its impact on global health