DEVELOPING COUNTRY NURSING SHORTAGES RICH COUNTRY RECRUITMENT ATTACK – MICHEL
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The aggressive recruitment of developing country nurses by rich country health services has been attacked by the European Union (EU) development and humanitarian aid Commissioner, who has highlighted its "negative impact" on poor nation health care. The situation, was acute, said Louis Michel, a Belgian, because of the global increase in AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria that is particularly ravaging sub-Saharan Africa. He said: "Investing in training, supporting and retaining sufficient numbers (of nurses and doctors) to meet needs ...
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