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ANNEX A: PROPOSED QUESTIONS FOR SOURCE COUNTRIES
The Philippine worksheet developed by <strong>the</strong> DOH, DOLE, ILO and WHO, which was completed
by <strong>the</strong> many stakeholders allowed <strong>the</strong>m to contribute amendment and improvement to <strong>the</strong>
WHO National Reporting Instruments. The following are some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> questions formulated
by DOH that WHO may take into consideration when developing an updated reporting
instrument that would better reflect <strong>the</strong> perspective <strong>of</strong> source countries:
1. Do health personnel that migrate from your country to work in destination countries
enjoy <strong>the</strong> same legal rights and responsibilities as domestically trained health
workforce in terms <strong>of</strong> employment and conditions <strong>of</strong> work?
2. What legal mechanisms are in place to ensure that health personnel that migrate to
destination countries enjoy <strong>the</strong> same legal rights and responsibilities as <strong>the</strong>
domestically trained health workforce?
3. As a source country, are <strong>the</strong>re mechanisms, processes and structures in place to
engage in bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements addressing <strong>the</strong> international
recruitment <strong>of</strong> health personnel?
4. To describe those steps to implement <strong>the</strong> Code (add to <strong>the</strong> list)
a. Development <strong>of</strong> a long-­‐ or medium-­‐term plan that includes health personnel
migration and international recruitment
5. Has your country participated in international discussions and advanced cooperation
on matters related to ethical recruitment?
6. How does your country promote ethical recruitment?
7. Does your country have a strategy to retain, sustain and distribute health workers in
<strong>the</strong> country?
8. Has your country implemented measures or strategies to scale up training <strong>of</strong> health
personnel and develop innovative curricula to address current needs?
9. Measures undertaken to streng<strong>the</strong>n educational institutions to scale up training <strong>of</strong>
health personnel
10. Are <strong>the</strong>re mechanisms by which migrant health personnel/agencies are able to
report non-­‐conformity to labor contracts/policy?
11. Are <strong>the</strong>re provisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Code that have not been recognized/implemented
through international legal instruments?
12. In your country, have health systems been streng<strong>the</strong>ned or health workforce been
sustained as a result <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Code?
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