Tanzania Offers 500 Doctors to Ease Kenya Health Crisis

President John Magufuli has agreed to send 500 doctors to Kenya as Uhuru Kenyatta's government is suffering shortages as a result of a strike in public hospitals. Kenya's doctors went on strike in December last year over salaries and working conditions. Although a deal opened the way to negotiations to end the strike, many doctors are still not back at work.

  • East Africa:   Tanzania Avails 500 Doctors to Kenya

    Daily News, 19 March 2017

    WITH 3,800 of doctors who graduated in the country since 2014 being unemployed, Tanzania has agreed to provide 500 medics to Kenya to reduce shortages, especially now when their… Read more »

President John Magufuli and Uhuru Kenyatta (file photo).

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