6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measure against the spread of the Ebola virus in the Kingdom, describing it as a […]
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Saudi Press Agency, 1 September 2014 The Ministry of Labor has suspended the issuance of recruitment visas granted for three African countries infected with Ebola virus, namely Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. This action has been taken as part of preventive measures and precautions to counter the virus spreading in West Africa. These measures and
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27 August 2014, Gulf Times Officials of labour recruitment agencies said they have stopped recruiting domestic workers from certain African countries in view of the spread of the Ebola virus in those places, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. They said domestic workers from other countries are subjected to health examination before and after recruitment
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6 August 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A Pakistani blue collar worker is battling for his life against suspected, potentially contagious, brain fever at the Royal Hospital’s intensive care unit. The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Hospital medics said Shahid Muhammad Nawas is suffering from tuberculosis and reportedly, meningitis, too. The 25-year-old patient was admitted to
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23 June 2014, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – The organization responsible for licensing Alberta’s doctors is raising the alarm over the number of foreign physicians being recruited to the province by privately owned walk-in clinics. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says walk-in clinics, mostly based in Calgary and Edmonton, have sponsored 145 internationally
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Paul H. Troy, Laura A. Wyness, Eilish McAuliffe: Human Resources for Health 2007, 5:15 ABSTRACT Background: There is growing concern globally at the current flows of nurse migration, particularly from low-income to middle and high-income countries. Recruitment practices of many countries such as Ireland are thought to be fuelling this rate of migration. This paper
