Abstract

The migration of health workers remains one of the most pressing challenges facing many countries in the global South. This short communication seeks to reignite debate on the effectiveness of the 2010 WHO Global Code of Practice as a tool for managing the migration of health workers from the South. While the WHO Code of Practice was effective in reducing the migration of health workers from countries such as Zimbabwe during its first five years of its implementation, demand for health workers in the UK after Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rate of migration of health workers from countries facing critical shortages. Clearly, new solutions are needed that strike a balance between the right of the health workers in the South to migrate and the right of citizens in the region to a stable supply of health workers.