title: Brain drain from developing countries: how can brain drain be converted into wisdom gain?
abstract: Brain drain is defined as the migration of health personnel in search of the better standard of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in different places worldwide. This migration of health professionals for better opportunities, both within countries and across international borders, is of growing concern worldwide because of its impact on health systems in developing countries. Why do talented people leave their countries and go abroad? What are the consequences of such migrations especially on the educational sector? What policies can be adopted to stem such movements from developing countries to developed countries? This article seeks to raise questions, identify key issues and provide solutions which would enable immigrant health professionals to share their knowledge, skills and innovative capacities and thereby enhancing the economic development of their countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburg, 3512 Fifth Avenue, Room 313, Pittsburgh, PA 15101, USA. sud9@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dodani
authors.forename: Ronald E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: LaPorte
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003906:Developing Countries; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation