Uganda met with shortage of 180,000 health workers

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Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-06-30 07:19:22

Donors and health experts have expressed concern over the chronic understaffing in the Ugandan health sector, a challenge that they claim continues to deny Ugandans access to quality and timely healthcare services.

Dr Alfred Draweli, the commissioner for institutional capacity building and human resource development in the Health ministry, revealed that it is currently grappling with a workforce shortage of more than 187,000 health professionals.

“…given the types of diseases we are dealing with, and the standards we have set, Uganda requires a workforce of about 342,832 cadres…

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