What conditions are African nurses facing abroad?
Concerns that a rising number of African nurses in care work overseas face exploitation
In March this year, the W-H-O identified 55 countries as facing the βmost pressing health workforce challengesβ.
Basically, nations where there are less than 49 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 people β the global average.
Forty-one of them are in Africa. In response, some of the main destinations for emigrating heath workers β like the UKβs National Health Service β said they had stopped active recruitments from those countries. But that hasnβt 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, itβs 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.
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