Migration and Development Series

Migration, Brain Drain, and Caregiving

Programme

New York, 6 March 2009


Programme

9:45 am Registration

10:00 am Welcome

Ms. Sarah Rosengärtner, UNITAR

Mr. Luca Dall’Oglio, IOM

10:15 am Tour de Table

Chair: Ms. Sarah Rosengärtner, UNITAR

10:30 am Presentation (I): Brain drain and the crisis of the health care system

Dr. Anita Alero Davies, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Topics to be included:

1)  How does brain drain aggravate the crisis of health care systems?

2)  The interlinkages between migration and HIV/AIDS: How does migration affect HIV/AIDS, and vice versa?

3)  The gender dimension: Who migrates? What is the effect of female health worker migration in the country of origin?

4)  Policy responses to brain drain in sub-Saharan Africa: What are best practices, and how can they be shared?

11:00 am Presentation (II): HIV/AIDS and the crisis of the health care system

Ms. Donna Barry, Advocacy Director, Partners in Health

Topics to be included:

1)  How does HIV/AIDS aggravate the crisis of health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa?

2)  The interlinkages between migration and HIV/AIDS: How does (health worker) migration affect HIV/AIDS, and vice versa?

3)  The gender dimension: Who is most affected by HIV/AIDS? Who is most affected by the health care crisis? Who provides health care?

4)  Policy responses to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: What are best practices, and how can they be shared?

11:30 am Presentation (III): The right to health in developing and developed countries: Responsibilities of stakeholders

Ms. Ita Lynch, Medical Advisor, Realizing Rights

Topics to be included:

1)  What are the responsibilities of different stakeholders (such as governments, international community, NGOs, and health care workers themselves) in ensuring the right to health?

2)  What is the potential of a Global Code of Practice for promoting ethical recruitment of health care workers?

12:00 pm Open Discussion

Chair: Ms. Sarah Rosengärtner, UNITAR

12:45 pm Evaluation and closing

Ms. Sarah Rosengärtner, UNITAR

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