Recording webinar on missing pieces of health worker mobility data in Europe

The webinar was hosted by the Pillars of Health coalition – of which Wemos is lead partner organization. It is an alliance of EU-based organizations that wants to contribute to an equitable geographic distribution of health workers across the European Union, to ensure that all European citizens have optimal access to health workers. We presented the key findings of our cross-country analysis report on health worker mobility data (2010-2022). This was followed by an engaging and detailed discussion with our two panelists about health worker mobility data and related challenges and gaps.

Presentation by:
Marlies Visser – Researcher at the Athena Institute, VU Amsterdam.

Panelists:

• Mr. Gaetan Lafortune – Senior Economist in the OECD Health Division.
• Prof. Ellen Kuhlmann – President of the EUPHA section Health Workforce Research and Professor (Interim) of Health and Health Systems at the University of Siegen, Germany.

Resources presented or referenced during the webinar:

• Marlies Visser – Cross-country analysis of health worker mobility across the European Union and neighbouring countries (2010 – 2022).
• Mr. Gaetan Lafortune – Health workforce migration: data issues and policy issues.
• Prof. Ellen Kuhlmann – Migrant healthcare workers during COVID-19: bringing an intersectional health system-related approach into pandemic protection. A German case study, medRxiv 2023.
• Prof. Ellen Kuhlmann – Migrant healthcare workers’ experiences and mobility patterns in a global health crisis: a qualitative study with Romania physicians working in Germany, medRxiv 2023.

Pillars of Health consists of Center for Health Policies and Services (Romania), Verein demokratischer Ärzt*innen (vdää*) (Germany), VU Athena Institute (Netherlands) and Wemos (lead organization – Netherlands). Visit the Pillars of Health website for more information: www.pillars-of-health.eu