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You are watching Doctors & Nurses Season 7 Episode 3

There are about eight and a half million doctors in the world and about 18 m million nurses. Unsurprisingly there are many more in the rich world than anywhere else. Worse than that, developing countries that spend their limited resources training medical staff often see them leave for better paid jobs abroad: it’s a medical brain drain.  Is there anything that can be done to regulate the market in doctors and nurses, and are there any other solutions on offer. 

• On site 19 January 2010
• Air date 19 January 2010
• Produced for BBC World

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Keywords

• Brain Drain,
• doctors,
• nurses,
• hospital,
• Malawi,
• resources