Mbeki
Pretty shocking stats as former South African president Mbeki makes case for African universities.
Add to this under funded healthcare systems in Africa, new learning democracies – compared with a vociferous thirst for additional medical talent in treating an ever aging population in the “West”, it’s not hard to see that the struggle for scarce resources is not an even playing field right now. Especially in healthcare.
In 1998 South Africans numbered the largest group of foreign dentists in the United Kingdom, he said.
“Only 50 out of 600 doctors trained in Zambia since independence were still practising in Zambia. More Malawi doctors were practising in the city of Manchester in the UK than in the whole of Malawi.
“One estimate says that Africa lost USD 1.2 billion of investment on the 60,000 professionals who left the continent between 1985 and 1990.
via African universities key to remake continent: Mbeki – Times LIVE.
About Frank Barlin
Frank is the founder and managing partner at Sibaya. He provides recognized leadership in homecare consulting and has advised firms ranging in size from those listed on the NYSE and the LSE to early stage startups.
Frank’s international experience is broad-based, having spent his professional life based in Europe, the United States and South Africa. Prior to founding Sibaya in 2002 he was European Vice President for a publicly traded healthcare company.
In addition he has held various country general management positions and directorships. Recent home healthcare projects include European business development, acquisition strategy and advice, competitive benchmarking, Asian outsourcing and turnaround management. He works out of the Paris office.
We miss you Zizi, yes indeed we are losing our sharpest minds as result we will miss MDG by 2015.
Interns fired because of no supervision
Kroonstad hospital loses interns
Apr 26, 2011 2:12 PM | By Sapa
Four interns have been removed from Boitumelo Hospital in Kroonstad because there was nobody to supervise them, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) said on Tuesday.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article1038612.ece/Kroonstad-hospital-loses-interns