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Contributor [1]
Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
129 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The health delivery system in Zimbabwe is declining as medical personnel leave the country in search of better working conditions and more money. The exodus of nurses and doctors and other professionals from Zimbabwe for economic reasons is accelerating, with most of those leaving going to Britain, the country's former colonial master.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/17884 [5]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [6]

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