Brain drain and migration of Cameroonian health professionals to developed countries
Brain drain and migration of Cameroonian health professionals to developed countries

Summary/Abstract: Health workers in Cameroon, including nurses, laboratory technicians, doctors and specialists, work in a difficult environment. Sometimes, the areas where these doctors work have no electricity, drinking water or internet connection, which makes working conditions difficult. In general, their salaries are so low that they cannot make ends meet. By analysing this situation, we can understand why so many health professionals, associates in medicine, disappear, preferring to go and work abroad, especially where the living and working conditions are good and the salary is considerable.This article explores the notion of brain drain from Cameroon and analyses the situation in which health professionals work in their country. It leads us to question the working conditions in which they operate, as well as the reasons for their departure, without forgetting the consequences that result from this loss of clinical expertise.

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