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This track will seek to define health care workers in all their diversity, their environment, their size, distribution, characteristics, their costs and migration drivers and patterns. Topics will include:

 Data collection methods and limitations – Are data sets evidence-
   based?
 Migrating professionals as agents for exchange of skills/culture,
   etc.
 The voice of the migrant health professional (National migrant
   associations)
 Current policies and achievements

II. Strategies to Develop, Sustain and Retain an Effective Health Workforce: Global and National Perspectives

“The chasm is widening between what can be done and what is happening on the ground.” The World Health Report 2006

This track will set the scene with reports by profession, destination/source country to explore strategies to develop, sustain, and retain high-performing health workers for health systems. Topics will include:

 Reasons for attrition and health worker’s satisfaction
 Evidence-based best practices
 The role of foreign aid and government
 Human Resource Planning – Methods, self-sufficiency

III. Ethical Hiring Practices: A Dialogue Between Nations and Health Worker Professions

“The growing international nature of the health workforce related to the flows of migrants, relief workers and volunteers calls for cooperative agreements to protect the rights and safety of workers and to enhance the adoption of ethical recruitment practices” The World Health Report 2006

This track will present a dialogue between nations and professions to analyze current recruitment trends, sustainable solutions and their impact on the global market. Topics will include, for example:
 
 Current codes and practices in recruitment
 Strategies for successful integration of migration professionals
 Open Market practices – negative and positive impacts
 Return Migration: Obstacles and possible solutions