Download the report - Femise

Figure II.1.11: Factors affecting health professionals’ decision to migrate from
African countries
Source: Stilwell et al., 2004
Kyobe (2010) adds that among the reasons that are usually cited to justify immigration is
the pressure of working on crowded wards with few drugs and little essential equipment
and the feeling of being undervalued. In addition to these factors, Pang et al., (2002)
adds an oppressive political climate, persecution of intellectuals, and discrimination.
Similarly, researchers have issues in their home countries with (i) the lack of funding, (ii)
poor facilities, (iii) limited career structures, and (iv) poor intellectual stimulation. The
dissatisfaction factors also include, as indicated in table 8 are security, the threat of
violence from ethnic frictions (Stiwell, 2003 92 ), and the wish to provide a good education
for their children Buchan and Perfilieva (2006).
92 Citing Dovlo, D. (1999), ‘Issues Affecting the Mobility and Retention of Health Workers/Professionals in
Commonwealth African States’, London: Consultancy Report for the Commonwealth Secretariat, unpublished
manuscript.
! *(&!
!