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Africa losing more health workers to AIDS than to brain drain

Posted August 4th, 2006 by Tara Murray in Health, Migration, Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa is losing more health workers to AIDS than to emigration, and a researcher writing in The Lancet (August 5, 2006) suggests policy emphasis should shift from stopping emigration to providing care for HIV-positive workers (free registration required to view full text). See also: BBC News (August 4, 2006).

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