Uganda Criticized For Plan To Send HCWs To Caribbean

Agence France-Presse: Uganda on defensive over medical ‘brain drain’ uproar
“Uganda’s government on Tuesday hit back at mounting criticism of plans to ‘export’ over 200 health workers to the Caribbean, insisting it was only seeking to regulate an existing labor market and prevent abuses. A plan to send at least 241 health professionals from the East African country, itself plagued by a major shortage of doctors and nurses, to Trinidad and Tobago has been met with fierce criticism…” (3/3).

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