ArticleBMC nursing2006
The financial losses from the migration of nurses from Malawi.
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- Factors influencing women's utilization of public health care services during childbirth in Malawi Public health facility utilization.African health sciences · 2017Article
- Factors Influencing Neurosurgeons' Decision to Retain in a Work Location: A Qualitative Study.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- Where there are (few) skilled birth attendants.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2011Article
- Developing a tool to measure health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya.Human resources for health · 2009Article
- Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: a literature review of attraction and retention.BMC health services research · 2008Review
- Human resources requirements for highly active antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Malawi.BMC health services research · 2007Article
- Status of scholarly productivity among nursing academics in Malawi.Croatian medical journal · 2007Article
- Nurses' experiences of recruitment and migration from developing countries: a phenomenological approach.Human resources for health · 2007Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe migration of health professionals trained in Africa to developed nations has compromised health systems in the African region. The financial losses from the investment in training due to the migration from the developing nations are hardly known.
methodsThe cost of training a health professional was estimated by including fees for primary, secondary and tertiary education. Accepted derivation of formula as used in economic analysis was used to estimate the lost investment.
resultsThe total cost of training an enrolled nurse-midwife from primary school through nurse-midwifery training in Malawi was estimated as US$ 9,329.53. For a degree nurse-midwife, the total cost was US$ 31,726.26. For each enrolled nurse-midwife that migrates out of Malawi, the country loses between US$ 71,081.76 and US$ 7.5 million at bank interest rates of 7% and 25% per annum for 30 years respectively. For a degree nurse-midwife, the lost investment ranges from US$ 241,508 to US$ 25.6 million at 7% and 25% interest rate per annum for 30 years respectively.
conclusionDeveloping countries are losing significant amounts of money through lost investment of health care professionals who emigrate. There is need to quantify the amount of remittances that developing nations get in return from those who migrate.
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