Ghana has been added to the list of 54 nations where companies in the UK’s health and social care sector should not actively seek to hire workers.
In its updated code of conduct for the overseas hiring of health and social care staff in England, the UK government made the statement.
According to the law, it is forbidden to actively seek out health or care workers from certain poor nations, including Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria.
The UK government explained that the countries on the list had a UHC Service Coverage Index below 50 and a density of physicians, nurses, and midwives that is below the global median (48.6 per 10,000 population).
The World Health Assembly will be updated every three years, the UK government added, and progress reports on the implementation of the WHO Global Code will be included. The list is based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List, 2023.
However, the list does not preclude specific health and social care workers from independently applying to health and social care employers for employment in the UK, of their own free will and without being targeted by a third party, such as a recruitment agency or employer (known as a direct application).
The following nations are listed on the code’s “No active recruitment” red list: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and The Gambia.
The remaining nations are Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, and Rwanda.
Richmond Nyamedor 
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