Technical meeting on health workforce retention in countries of the South-eastern Europe Health Network

This report presents the proceedings and outcomes of the "Technical Meeting on Health Workforce Retention in Countries of the South-eastern Europe Health Network" (SEEHN) in March 2011, organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Executive Committee of SEEHN. The purpose of the meeting was to share experiences with interventions to improve the recruitment and retention of national health workforces in south-eastern Europe and to identify relevant policy options, and to thereby expand the evidence base for retention strategies in the area. This report includes an executive summary and a presentation of key messages. A policy brief documenting SEEHN retention experiences is being published in parallel with this report.