Desire to escape poverty: Zimbabwe accused of blocking nurses from taking jobs abroad

MUTARE – Struggling to survive on her meagre salary, Zimbabwean nurse Jane decided to start a new life abroad but, one year after landing a job in Britain, she is still waiting to pack her bags.

The Health Ministry took over the issuing of "verification letters" early last year from the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe - the profession's regulatory body – which used to turn them around within days.Simbarashe Tafirenyika, president of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Nurses Workers Union, said some ministry officials were exploiting the situation by demanding hefty bribes to expedite documents.

The World Health Organization this year added Zimbabwe to a "red list" of countries with pressing health worker shortages. A spokeswoman for NMC said it was aware of the issue with verification letters in Zimbabwe although some were still coming through. "They endure all this to put food on the table," Jane said. "Some nurses spend the whole day without eating anything at work."

In January, Zimbabwe banned healthcare workers from striking for more than three days, introducing penalties of up to six months in jail.Nurses said they were also frustrated working in a broken health system with little opportunity to further their careers.

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