Many countries are short of healthcare workers, thousands of whom have quit since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the global migration of doctors and nurses to work in high-income countries is hurting the world’s poorest people.
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Adepoju, P. Healthcare workforce shortages exacerbated by poaching from the global South. Nat Med 30, 311–314 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02698-6
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