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The reasons behind the increasing emigration among doctors can be due to internal and
external causes to the medical practice. However, the most important cause for
emigration of trained doctors was to get better wages (WHO, 2006). Emigration takes
place from rural to urban regions of a country such as Morocco, from poor to wealthier
countries and also across continents. The reasons for this movement are to have a better
life and improve working/living conditions. Doctors develop concern about their lack of
promotion prospects, inefficient management, heavy workload, lack of facilities, a
declining health service, high level of violence and inadequate living conditions (Figure
II.2.1.1).
In Morocco, the national union of the doctors of the private sector (Syndicat National des
Médecins du Secteur Libéral, SNMSL) stated the problems arising from the private
practice of medical services. The problems are both internal and external. The internal
ones include (1) disordered competition between colleagues of the same sector (absence
of dialogue about fees while some call upon commission agents), (2) establishment of
illegal conventions with social work organisms of different delegations, (3) opening of
private structures to academic people and (4) disregard of regulations governing the
practice of private medical services (SNMSL, 2003).
Figure II.2.1.1: Reasons for Health Workers from Four African Countries (Cameroon,
South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe; WHO, 2006)
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