India struggles to cope with IT brain drain

Brazil struggles to cope with Zika epidemic.

Silvana Nascimento was already into her third trimester before doctors noticed that her fetus probably had microcephaly. And even then the warning signs were picked up only after she was transferred 170 km from her rural Brazilian village to a public hospital in the city of Recife because of complications associated with her diabetes. The 23 year old mother of three was not aware of the risk as...

Nursing brain drain from India

In response to recent findings regarding migration of health workers out of Africa, we provide data from a survey of Indian nurses suggesting that up to one fifth of the nursing labour force may be lost to wealthier countries through circular migration.

From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China

By 2000, over one-third of Silicon Valley’s high-skilled workers were foreign-born, and overwhelmingly from Asia. These U.S.-educated engineers are transforming developmental opportunities for formerly peripheral regions as they build professional and business connections to their home countries. In a process more akin to “brain circulation” than “brain drain,” these engineers and entrepreneurs...

Brain drain

Professor Emeritus, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK, [email protected] In this issue, three papers discuss the issue of the brain drain: of psychiatrists from Egypt and Nigeria, and of nurses from East Africa. They explore the complexities of professional migration and its impact on the health of populations in source and recipient countries; they a...

BRAIN DRAIN, TALENT Brain Drain, Talent Mobility and Academic Networking