Health worker migration has been increasing worldwide over the past decades, especially from lower income countries with already fragile health systems. To address this challenge, the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel was adopted by the 63rd World Health Assembly on 21 May 2010. This groundbreaking instrument marks the first time that WHO Member States have used the constitutional authority of the Organization to develop a code in 30 years.

National Reporting Instrument (NRI) database

Exchange of information pertinent to health personnel migration is an important component of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Under Article 7 of the Code, Member States are encouraged to collect and provide both qualitative and quantitative information on health personnel. The key purpose of the National Reporting Instrument (NRI) is to provide Member States and Independent Stakeholders with a common platform to share comparable data that facilitates the monitoring of the implementation of the Code.

• Member State responses to National Reporting Instrument reports database
• Independent Stakeholder Reports