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This review aims to identify and map the prevalence and factors contributing to post-pandemic brain-drain of healthcare workers from Ghana.

Factors affecting post-pandemic brain-drain of healthcare workers from Ghana: a scoping review protocol

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Scoping review maps factors influencing healthcare worker migration from Ghana, suggesting systemic improvements are needed.

This review aims to identify and map the prevalence and factors contributing to post-pandemic brain-drain of healthcare workers from Ghana.
Guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, relevant literature will be searched in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and Google.
Screening of full-text records will follow predetermined inclusion criteria and data extraction from included studies.
Qualitative thematic analysis will synthesize findings from the data collected.
Post-COVID-19 migration of healthcare workers from Ghana has significantly increased due to economic difficulties and poor job prospects.
Factors contributing to this phenomenon include corruption and strained leader-worker relations within the healthcare system.
Addressing these issues may improve retention and support universal health coverage goals.

Attigah et al. (2026) studied this question.

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