Use aid to pay doctors â€" WHO
Jul 06, 2008
INTERNATIONAL aid to Africa should be used to boost doctors’ salaries and strengthen the recruitment and training of medical staff, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have said.
GENEVA
INTERNATIONAL aid to Africa should be used to boost doctors’ salaries and strengthen the recruitment and training of medical staff, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have said.
In the agency’s latest bulletin, researchers from the WHO and the University of California said there is a shortage of 2.3 million doctors, nurses and midwives worldwide, with the biggest shortfall in sub-Saharan Africa.
By 2015, countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria will still be short of doctors to meet their needs.
“Given the disproportionate burden of disease in this region, policies for increasing the supply of physicians are urgently needed to stem projected shortages, the study authors said.
“Government and donor organisations should consider increasing financial support of health-care workers as a means of improving recruitment and retention. †they said.
More than 13,000 doctors trained in sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to be practicing in Britain, the US, Canada and Australia, having been attracted by better pay and working conditions.
Reuters
INTERNATIONAL aid to Africa should be used to boost doctors’ salaries and strengthen the recruitment and training of medical staff, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have said.
In the agency’s latest bulletin, researchers from the WHO and the University of California said there is a shortage of 2.3 million doctors, nurses and midwives worldwide, with the biggest shortfall in sub-Saharan Africa.
By 2015, countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria will still be short of doctors to meet their needs.
“Given the disproportionate burden of disease in this region, policies for increasing the supply of physicians are urgently needed to stem projected shortages, the study authors said.
“Government and donor organisations should consider increasing financial support of health-care workers as a means of improving recruitment and retention. †they said.
More than 13,000 doctors trained in sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to be practicing in Britain, the US, Canada and Australia, having been attracted by better pay and working conditions.
Reuters