Vivien Runnels

TL;DR: Data collection, measures, and studies of medical tourism all need to be greatly improved if countries are to assess better both the magnitude and potential health implications of this trade.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the relationship between globalization and health and present an empirical investigation of the relation between globalisation and health, focusing on the challenges posed by globalization to people's health.

TL;DR: Decreased global demand for health workers and indications that South African SHWs primarily use migratory routes for professional development suggest that health worker shortages as a result of permanent migration no longer pertains to South Africa.

TL;DR: The outflows of HRH from the Philippines are traced, mapped out its key causes and consequences, and relevant policy responses are identified to capture the multilayered and complex nature of these intersecting phenomena.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that SGBA was rarely considered in systematic reviews, and it is proposed that the methodologies of systematic reviews and of SGBA be refined and synchronized to enhance the collection, synthesis, and analysis of evidence for decision making.