Recognition of skills for foreign health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Recognition of skills for foreign health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Several countries, such as Argentina and Peru, have eased the process of recognition of skills for foreign health workers to broaden the stock of professionals with the relevant skills and help fight the health crisis induced by the pandemic.

In Argentina and Peru, expedited procedures for the recognition of skills of Venezuelans were implemented, at least for the duration of the pandemic. In Argentina, the recognition of diplomas normally requires a valid identity document, in addition to the cost and time (generally more than a year). Therefore, the Ministry of Education approved a temporary and exceptional procedure in some jurisdictions, in which expert commissions convened by the ministry could validate degrees in certain professions

 

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