Malawi Plans to Ship 500 Nurses to Israel - Activist Warns Against 'Great Exodus'

Malawi Plans to Ship 500 Nurses to Israel - Activist Warns Against 'Great Exodus'

Malawi's government has been accused of breaching international health guidelines after unveiling plans to send 500 nurses to Israel under a controversial labour agreement -- a move activists warn could deepen the country's own critical healthcare shortage.

Pressure group protests sending nurses to Israel

Malawi First, a local pressure group, has protested the Government-to-Government  (G-to-G) arrangement to deploy 500 nurses to Israel fearing it could weaken an already understaffed local healthcare system. In a statement yesterday, Malawi First leader Bon Kalindo opposed the arrangement, arguing that it is inconsistent with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, which di…

Malawi plans to ship 500 nurses to Israel — activist warns against “great exodus” - National News Malawi

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