Statistics on the African Brain Drain

[KimJongIllest]

There are more Malawian doctors in Manchester than Malawi.

Source: http://www.economist.com/node/3423186

Now, it seems, there are more Ethiopian doctors in Chicago than in Ethiopia.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-health ... -of-origin

Only 50 of 600 doctors trained in Zambia in recent years are still in the country.

Source: http://www.economist.com/node/3423186

Sub-Saharan African countries that invest in training doctors have ended up losing $2 billion as the expert clinicians leave home to find work in more prosperous developed nations

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/ ... 0O20111125

Canada has saved nearly $400-million by poaching doctors from Africa, while the African countries that trained those doctors have lost billions of dollars as a result of medical migration.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... cle555168/

[KimJongIllest]

Africa is hampered by an acute shortage of academics (it trains only 2.3% of the world's researchers, less than the UK total) and at the same time many of the most highly qualified graduates are leaving.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/201 ... tration-eu

It was found that the cost of training a doctor in Uganda was $21,000 and in South Africa was $59,000.

In total the nine sub-Saharan countries in the study lost the equivalent of $2bn as doctors left the continent to work overseas while the UK benefited by the equivalent of $2.7bn and America benefited by $846m

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... drain.html

[KimJongIllest]

Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are currently suffering the worst brain-drains of any country in the world.

Source: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article40824

According to a recent study presented at the National Symposium on Ethiopian Diasporas, Ethiopia has lost 75% of its skilled professionals during the past ten years.

Source: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article40824

But Ethiopia’s brain drain has left just one doctor for nearly 30,000 people.

Source: http://ayyaantuu.com/horn-of-africa-new ... 00-people/

[zulaika]

and what about African brains...trained abroad...is that also a drain?

[blackstars25]

now that is ridiculous. This is straight out theft by the western developed economies that gobble up all these expensively trained african professionals. the biggest aid US/EU could give to these developing countries is banning students from working in their countries after they graduate. i know botswana pressures governments in sending back their students after they graduate, i know this one girl that told me she couldn't work in any hospitals coz the government sent out letters threatening them from hiring botswanians.

[KimJongIllest]

and what about African brains...trained abroad...is that also a drain?

A citizen of an African country (international student from Ghana studying in UK), yes. Someone of African descent who is not a citizen of an African country (Farax from Toronto, born and raised and is training to be a doctor at a local institution), no.

[Alphanumeric]

I wonder if this also addresses the number of trained professionals and academics that migrate in hopes of finding work in their field, but fail in doing so.