Canada relies on Nigerian health workers but cuts to global funding raise ethical questions

Canada is drawing on the human capital of countries with fragile health systems while stepping back from investing in those same systems.
Immigration Minister Lena Diab, left, and Health Minister Marjorie Michel. Canada should invest in circular migration pathways, allowing health professionals to gain experience abroad while maintaining ties to their home countries, write Bukola Salami and Prisca Adejumo.

Canada is entangled in a global health policy paradox: it draws on the human capital of countries with fragile health systems while simultaneously scaling back the very investments that sustain those systems. This is more than a policy inconsistency; it is a contradiction wi...

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