Below is a list of selected articles that are related to or informed the development of the NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening. Some are available via the Web links provided while others can be found in common medical and public health journals.

  • Physicians for Human Rights. “The Right to Health and Health Workforce Planning: A Guide for Government Officials, NGOs, Health Workers and Development Partners.” August 2008. (Web site)
  • Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative. “Guiding Principles for National Health Workforce Strategies.” 2008. (Web site in English, in French, in Spanish)
  • McCoy D, Bennett S, Witter S, et al. “Salaries and incomes of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa,” The Lancet. February 23, 2008; Volume 371: pgs. 675–81.
  • Mills EJ, Schabas WA, Volmink J, et al. “Should active recruitment of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa be viewed as a crime?” The Lancet. February 23, 2008; Volume 371: pgs. 685-88.
  • WEMOS. “Influence of Externally Funded Programmes (EFPs) on Human Resources for Health (HRH): A case study of Kenya and Zambia.” 2008. (Web site)
  • Hagopian A. “Recruiting primary care physicians from abroad: is poaching from low-income countries morally defensible?” Annals of Family Medicine. November/December 2007, Volume 5: pgs. 483-85.
  • Benatar SR. “An examination of ethical aspects of migration and recruitment of healthcare professionals from developing countries,” Clinical Ethics. March 2007; Volume 2, Number 1: pgs. 2-6.
  • Mullan, F. “Doctors and soccer players – African professionals on the move,” New England Journal of Medicine. February 1, 2007; Volume 356, Number 5: pgs. 440-43.
  • Witter S, Kusi A, Aikins M. “Working practices and incomes of health workers: evidence from an evaluation of a delivery fee exemption scheme in Ghana,” Human Resources for Health. 2007; Volume 5, Number 2.
  • Ministry of Health, Zambia. The Zambia public expenditure tracking and quality of service delivery survey in the health sector. Zambia, Lusaka: Ministry of Health, 2007.
  • World Health Organization, ed. World Health Report: Working Together for Health. Geneva; 2006. (Web site)
  • Ensor T, Chapman G, Barro M. Paying and motivating CSPS staff in Burkina Faso: evidence from two districts. Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment. Aberdeen, Scotland: University of Aberdeen, 2006.
  • Hagopian A, Ofusu, A, Fatusi, A, et al. “The flight of physicians from West Africa: views of African physicians and implications for policy,” Social Science and Medicine. 2005; Volume 61: pgs. 1750-60.
  • Joint Learning Initiative. Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard University Press; 2004. (Web site)
  • Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Fordyce, M, et al. “The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: measures of the African brain drain,” Human Resources for Health. 2004; Volume 2, Number 17.
  • Awases M, Gibary A, Nyoni J, Chatora R. Migration of Health Professionals in Six Countries: A Synthesis Report. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville; 2004.
  • Huddart J, Furth R, Lyons JV. The Zambia HIV/AIDS workforce study: preparing for scale-up. Operations research results. Bethesda, MD, USA: US Agency for International Development; 2004.
  • Mullan, F. “Some thoughts on the white-follows-green law,” Health Affairs. 2002; Volume 21, Number 1: pgs. 158-59.
  • Egger R, Lipson D, Adams O. “Achieving the right balance—the role of policymaking processes in managing human resources for health problems: issues in health services delivery,” Issues in Health Service Delivery, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2000.