Author Details WHO Recommendations to improve retention of rural and remote health workers - important for all countries James Rourke1 LLD, Dean, dean@med.mun.ca 1 Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Sciences Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Correspondence: J Rourke, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Sciences Centre, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3V6  Citation: Rourke J.  WHO Recommendations to improve retention of rural and remote health workers - important for all countries. Rural and Remote Health 10: 1654. (Online) 2010. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 3 November 2010 Accepted: 18 November 2010