The continent is severely short of skilled medical personnel.
Plugging Africa's Health Worker Brain Drain
In an attempt to curb the migration of health workers, the international community has set up the Global Health Workforce Alliance to tackle the crisis.-
Africa: Plugging the Health Worker Brain Drain
UNIRIN, 10 June 2011
The global shortage of health workers is estimated at 4.2 million by the World Health Organization (WHO), but the migration of doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists from poor… Read more »
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South Africa: 'There's No Way You Can Stop People From Moving'
UNIRIN, 15 June 2011
Tens of thousands of health workers have left their countries in the developing world in search of better opportunities abroad. Lungile Ndaki, 58, trained as a nurse in South… Read more »
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Namibia: 250 Health Workers Graduate
New Era, 17 May 2011
Nearly 250 health workers graduated at a ceremony held at a local hotel last Wednesday. Read more »
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Kenya: Task Shifting Could Address Health Staff Shortages, But is Lethal in the Long Term
Nation, 11 November 2010
One of the proposals put forward to address staff shortages in the medical sector is task shifting. Read more »
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Uganda: U.S.A to Train 1,500 Doctors
New Vision, 18 October 2010
Over 1,500 Ugandan doctors are to be trained in Uganda in the next five years on a grant from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Read more »
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Uganda: Over 800 Nurses Trek to Work Abroad
Monitor, 29 September 2010
A total of 808 nurses have this year alone, left the country to seek greener pastures abroad, creating a vacuum in the health sector, a new report has revealed. According to the… Read more »
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Uganda: Pay Doctors Well to Stem Brain Drain
New Vision, 6 April 2010
The health minister has revealed that 13 senior surgeons left Uganda for Rwanda last year due to poor pay. South Africa employs 250 Ugandan doctors, Swaziland 10 and an unknown… Read more »
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Kenya: Hospitals in Bid to Plug Staff Shortage
Business Daily, 20 January 2010
Seven public hospitals are set to partner with local universities to offer medical training in a move that could help Kenya plug the biting shortage of qualified personnel in the… Read more »
