Tag: World Health Organization

World Health Assembly 2010: CODE of PRACTICE Emerges from Committee

by hagopian, posted in Information and Social Media, News

It looks like the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel may pass out of the World Health Assembly before we adjourn on Friday.  When it comes up, Dr. Amy Hagopian will testify on behalf of the Global Health Council.

There are a lot of heroes in this story.  The most recent bearers of the torch are the hard-working and high-stamina delegates from low-income countries and their delegate friends in solidarity from Norway, the European Union as headed by Spain, Sweden, and other right-thinking countries (or are those left-thinking countries?). Read more about the latest developments at Blog 4 Global Health.

World health Assembly 2010: Update on health worker code

by hagopian, posted in Information and Social Media, News

There was late-breaking news at the World Health Assembly on Monday with regard to the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The Spanish delegation made a late afternoon motion in Committee A to move the code OFF the agenda for a Tuesday vote, and instead to send it to a drafting committee for improvements. Read Dr. Amy Hagopian’s post at Blog 4 Global Health.

World Health Assembly 2010: important vote on global health workforce

by hagopian, posted in Information and Social Media, News

The 63rd annual World Health Assembly opens May 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm with an address by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.  There are several potentially important issues on the agenda, but the one of great interest to APHA’s International Health Section is the scheduled vote tomorrow afternoon on item 11.5,  “International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice.”

Read Dr. Amy Hagopian’s, member of our section and Governing Councilor, blog post about this important vote on the Blog 4 Global Health.