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Brain drain in Africa: bilateral agreements on health workforce migration and mobility

On 25 April 2024, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, WHO Country Office for Nigeria, and the African Health Observatory - Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP), hosted a policy dialogue on brain drain in Africa. Key stakeholders from across the Nigerian health sector, as well as academics and ministry officials from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Senegal attended to discuss the policy question: Can bilateral agreements and other collaborative strategies effectively manage health worker migration and mitigate shortages in the health workforce in African countries?