SA: Africa suffering from a brain drain says minister

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2006
SA: Africa suffering from a brain drain says minister

Africa is suffering a brain drain .. with one third of its professionals being lost
to the developed world.

South African Education Minister NALEDI PANDOR has told a university conference in
Adelaide .. three quarters of doctors in Ghana and Zimbabwe emigrate within a few years
of completing their degree.

It's also estimated about half of the Ethiopians who went overseas to study in the
last 10 years .. didn't come back.

Ms PANDOR says a number of possible remedies have been suggested .. including developed
nations reimbursing Africa's health and education systems.

But she says the long-term solution is to try and enhance the contribution people can
make to their country of origin.

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KEYWORD: BRAIN (ADELAIDE)

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