“…Although there is a general brain drain of scientists, doctors, academics, engineers and IT specialists due to the increasing migration of these professionals to developed countries (Ullah, 2018;Laila & Fiaz, 2018;Anokye et al, 2019). However, this paper is focused on the brain drain of health professionals as study shows that the estimated 4.3 million shortfall of healthcare professionals worldwide has increased the demand for doctors and nurses by the richer nations (Brock & Blake, 2017;Mlambo & Adetiba, 2017;Jack, 2019); and many studies have found that mortality is threatened, and health outcomes decline when health professionals leave the country (Donoso & Mancilla, 2017;Yuksekdag, 2018;Uprety, 2019). The effective functioning of any health sector is highly dependent on the availability of skilled health professionals, losing these professionals will ultimately weaken the socio economic development of its country; hence the need to find ways of limiting their migration (Donoso & Mancilla, 2017;Okeja, 2017;Mlambo & Adetiba, 2017).…”