Public hearings on a WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel
This is the draft of the WHO Code of practice on the recruitment of health personnel submitted for the 2008 public hearings.
Article 10: Monitoring and institutional arrangements
10.1 Member States should periodically report, as appropriate, to other Member States, through WHO, on measures taken, on results achieved and on difficulties encountered in implementing this code. The initial report should be made within two years after the adoption of this code by the World Health Assembly and the periodicity of reporting thereafter should be decided by WHA. The purpose of the monitoring process is to identify challenges and successes in implementing the code and to assist countries in building capacity to implement the code.
10.2 The Director General of WHO should keep under review the implementation of this code, on the basis of periodic reports received from designated national authorities and other competent sources and provide periodic reports to the World Health Assembly on the effectiveness of the code and suggestions for its improvement.
10.3 WHO should:
- coordinate the information exchange system and the network of designated national authorities specified in Article [8];
- develop guidelines and make recommendations on practices and procedures and such joint programmes and measures as specified by the code or as may be required to make the code effective; and
- maintain liaison with the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and other competent regional and international organizations as well as concerned non-governmental organizations to support implementation of the code.
10.4 Non-governmental organizations and other interested stakeholders are invited to report their observations on activities related to the implementation of the code to WHO.
10.5 The World Health Assembly should periodically review the relevance and effectiveness of the code. The code should be considered a dynamic text that must be brought up to date as required.