ArticleAfrican health sciences2006
Nationality and country of training of medical doctors in Malawi.
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- Physician tracking in sub-Saharan Africa: current initiatives and opportunities.Human resources for health · 2014Article
- Point of view: Modern medical myth: 'more doctors in Manchester than in Malawi': a preliminary communication.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2013Article
- Determinants of non-institutional deliveries in Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2011Article
- Estimated financial and human resources requirements for the treatment of malaria in Malawi.Malaria journal · 2007Article
- The financial losses from the migration of nurses from Malawi.BMC nursing · 2006Article
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- The effect of a new surgery residency program on case volume and case complexity in a sub-Saharan African hospital.Journal of surgical educationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing interest in the migration of doctors from Africa to developed nations. Little attention has been made in understanding the flow of doctors into African countries.
objectiveTo describe the nationality, country of primary qualification as a doctor and specialties of doctors registered in Malawi in 2003.
methodsReview of Medical Council of Malawi 2003 register and University of Malawi-College of Medicine graduation records.
resultsThere were 252 doctors registered by the Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) of whom 51.2% were Malawian and 48.8% non-Malawian. 35.7% of the doctors had obtained their primary education in Malawi, 17.5% from the UK, 9.9% other African countries and 8.7% from other African countries. There were 72 specialists of whom 23 were Malawian nationals and 49 were non-Malawians.
conclusionsThere is almost an equal distribution of national and non-national doctors in Malawi. However, among specialists, non-national far out-number Malawians by over two and a half times. While the brain drain of doctors from developing nations to developed nations has received interest, there is need also to explore the migration of doctors into resource-poor countries such as Malawi.
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