[colombiamigra] Fw: MPI Report: Is There a Role for Migration in Strengthening Health Systems in U.S., Mexico & Central America?
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February 14, 2013
Dear William Mejia,
International nurse migration is a multibillion-dollar phenomenon affecting
countries around the world and one that health care organizations use to
address significant staff vacancies. In some parts of the United States,
internationally educated nurses comprise up to 30 percent of the nursing
workforce.
Historically, Mexicans and Central Americans have not played a significant part
in the migration of nurses to the United States, where recent forecasts have
predicted a nurse shortage of nearly 1 million by 2030 absent adjustments to
domestic nursing production capacity.
A new Regional Migration Study Group report, Strengthening Health Systems in
North and Central America: What Role for Migration?, examines the health care
sector in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States,
focusing in particular on nurses. The report reviews the five countries’ health
care systems, demand for services, epidemiological profiles, and demographics.
Using migration to meet health care demand is complex. However, the authors
advocate exploring and investing in the possibility because of the potential
benefits to health care systems, economies, and patient outcomes.
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico share similar health-system
characteristics and challenges. Their educational systems are key: can they
provide the basic education required for nurses to function in a world that
demands a global skill set? El Salvador and Honduras have critical shortages of
health care personnel; in Guatemala, nurses perform tasks often reserved for
physicians due to capacity shortages; while in Mexico, physicians dominate the
health care system and medical schools have been consistently overproducing
graduates since the 1980s even as there is a shortage of registered nurses.
The barriers to skilled nurse production in Mexico and Central America are
substantial, and the report highlights areas where socioeconomic investments in
nursing and health care services can have the potential for very high returns
on investment.
Today’s report marks the third paper from the Regional Migration Study Group
examining key economic sectors in the region; earlier ones have focused on the
agricultural and manufacturing sectors.
The Regional Migration Study Group is a partnership between MPI and the Latin
American Program/Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars. Co-chaired by former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former US
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, and former Guatemalan Vice President
Eduardo Stein, the Study Group is a high-level initiative that this spring will
propose new collaborative approaches to migration, competitiveness, and
human-capital development for the United States, Central America, and Mexico.
We invite you to visit the Study Group’s websiteto review earlier research as
well as new publications we’ll publish over the next few weeks in the lead-up
to our final report.
With many thanks for your interest in our work,
Demetrios G. Papademetriou
President, Migration Policy Institute
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