Table 4. Country capacity for gathering data and conducting research on matters relating to health personnel migration, by WHO region.
| Capacity | Countries that reported on Code implementation status |
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| AFR (n = 2) | AMR (n = 4) | EMR (n = 3) | EUR (n = 40) | SEAR (n = 3) | WPR (n = 4) | Total (n = 56) | |
| Has at least one entity or mechanism for the professional certification of internationally recruited health personnel and for statistical record keeping. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
| Has at least one entity or mechanism for maintaining statistical records on health personnel whose first training was overseas. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Has government or non-government programmes or institutions that conduct research on the migration of health personnel. | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Has a technical cooperation agreement related to international health personnel recruitment or to the management and migration of such personnel, or provides or receives financial assistance for these activities. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Has a database of laws and regulations pertaining to international health personnel recruitment and migration. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
AFR, African Region; AMR, Region of the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR, European Region; SEAR, South-East Asia Region; WHO, World Health Organization; WPR, Western Pacific Region.