Namibia: Government Mulls Hiring Foreigners to Cover Shortage of Nurses

NAMIBIA is negotiating with other governments in southern Africa about recruiting foreign nurses to fill vacancies created by increasing HIV-AIDS deaths and the resignation of staff, a senior administrator in the Ministry said this week.

Many nurses have resigned this year to take up better paying posts, mainly in the United Kingdom (UK), putting pressure on a health system already under strain.

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