Doctor Brain Drain Costs African Countries U.S. $2 Billion Yearly
- Publisher:
- Newsy World
- Publication Date:
- 27 November 2011
- Tags:
- Southern Africa, Health and Medicine
Two billion U.S. dollars. According to a recent study, that's how much it cost sub-Saharan African countries yearly to train doctors... only to see them find work in more developed nations. Medical News Today has the details.
"The study shows that the biggest emigration of doctors and the greatest economic losses occur in South Africa and Zimbabwe with Australia, Canada, the UK and US reaping the benefits from recruiting clinicians that have been educated elsewhere. ... They calculated the UK benefit to be about $2.7 billion USD and approximately $846 million USD for the United States."
Canadian scientists at the University of Ottawa led the study. Health Canal explains the team's research methods.
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