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Luring Doctors And Nurses ?A Crime?Rich countries are poaching so many African health workers that the practice should be viewed as a crime, a team of international disease experts say in the British medical journal The Lancet. More than 13,000 doctors trained in sub-Saharan Africa are now practicing in Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia, leaving behind colleagues with impossible caseloads. African nurses and pharmacists are also sought after by clinics and drug store chains offering better pay and legal assistance with immigration, said the experts, who include the heads of several pharmacy and medicine schools in Africa. “The resulting dilapidation of health infrastructure contributes to a measurable and foreseeable public health crisis,” the article said. “The practice should therefore be viewed as an international crime.” Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationVital Signs: Natal: Gestational Diabetes Tied to Children’s Obesity...Behind a Mysterious Balm, a Self-Made Pharaoh... Gilead’s Drug Is Approved to Treat a Rare Disease... Troubled Children: Parenting as Therapy for Child’s Mental Disorders... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Luring Doctors And Nurses ?A Crime? |
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