The dilemma: International recruitment of nurses and midwives amid a global workforce shortage

Historic chronic underinvestment of nursing and midwifery, compounded by a global pandemic, has left a perilous shortage of the world’s largest health workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the already fragile state of the global nursing workforce, with the estimated global shortage of nurses and midwives at 30.6 million. “Essentially the demand for nurses has […]