Africa Daily - What conditions are African nurses facing abroad?
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In March this year, the W-H-O identified 55 countries as facing the “most pressing health workforce challenges”.
Basically, nations where there are less than 49 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 people – the global average.
Forty-one of them are in Africa. In response, some of the main destinations for emigrating heath workers – like the UK’s National Health Service – said they had stopped active recruitments from those countries. But that hasn’t quite reined in the exodus from the so-called Red List countries. Many are being approached by recruiters to work abroad in care homes. For some, it’s a path that has exposed them to abuse. Africa Daily hears from concerned players in the sector.
Presenter: Alan Kasujja @kasujja
Guests: Justine Carter, Director of UK Charity, Unseen; Kojo Sosu, former carehome manager; Perpetual Ofori, President of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association.
Published on Thursday, 1st June 2023.
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