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Judgment has been postponed indefinitely as a battle wages over the ‘export’ of health workers.<\/section>\n
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A court ruling on the controversial \u201cexport\u201d of nearly 300 Ugandan doctors to the Caribbean was postponed as the Ugandan government defended the move, bizarrely claiming it was simply trying to help prevent those seeking greener pastures from ending up in trouble.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s government drew flak after it recently advertised posts for 283 local health professionals to apply for jobs in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n

A Ugandan think-tank, the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), is asking for the final preparations for the \u201cimminent\u201d deployment of the health workers to be halted, in what it says is one of the first public interest litigation cases on medical \u201cbrain drain\u201d.<\/p>\n

The IPPR say the exodus would prove \u201cfatal\u201d for Uganda, which already has too few doctors, nurses and dentists, and has a much weaker health system than Trinidad.<\/p>\n

A judgment on an injunction sought by the think-tank, which stresses the case could set an important precedent for countries in Africa and elsewhere affected by brain drain, was expected on March?2 but was adjourned to an unknown date.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s foreign ministry defended itself against the accusation by activists that they were \u201cshipping out all the health workers\u201d. The foreign ministry reiterated claims made by a health ministry official last month that Ugandan medics had drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to go abroad, and that by \u201cregulating\u201d those leaving they could help prevent this.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou pay money thinking you\u2019re going to get a job in Europe, only to find that you\u2019ve been picked up by some crooked hands,\u201d said the permanent secretary at the ministry, James Mugume. \u201cThey take your passport. You find yourself on a raft cruising the Mediterranean. Here we have a structure that is legal, we have a framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bilateral agreement
\n<\/strong>Mugume said the export of health professionals was part of an \u201cexisting bilateral arrangement under the South-South co-operation and within the context of the G7 and United Nations, also known as the Technical Co-operation for Developing Countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are requesting Cabinet to approve [it], then we can go ahead and finalize the memorandum of understanding,\u201d he said, alluding to the strengthening of relations between Uganda and Trinidad.<\/p>\n

A Caribbean team is expected in Uganda to conduct interviews once the agreement, which includes oil and gas training and financial support for the Ugandan police from Trinidad, has been finalized.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is not the absence of health workers, it\u2019s the budgets for districts and councils,\u201d Mugume told the Mail & Guardian<\/em>, stressing the \u201cabsorptive capacity\u201d of the public service was limited.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople just assume we\u2019re taking [medics].\u201d He said they were \u201cleaving anyway\u201d and also denied any had paid to be shortlisted for the scheme.<\/p>\n

Justinian Kateera, IPPR executive director, said he was surprised by the claim that the transfer was facilitated under the auspices of the G7, as neither Uganda nor Trinidad were members. In relation to the claim about South-to-South Technical Co-operation for Developing Countries, Kateera said Trinidad was no longer a developing country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy should we give technical assistance to Trinidad, a country with 38 times the per capita GDP, and 10 times as many doctors?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is absurd, if not tragic, to claim that government-facilitated medical brain drain combats human trafficking or prevents doctors from drowning in the Mediterranean.\u201d<\/p>\n

The United States has criticized the plan publicly and Belgium is said to be withholding funding for Uganda\u2019s health sector because of the scheme, but this could not be confirmed. Activists have asked the UN special rapporteur on the right to health to intervene.<\/p>\n

Johnny Muthahi Muhindo, head of the Americas department at Uganda\u2019s foreign ministry, said the medics\u2019 export was part of a \u201cwide exchange\u201d between the two countries. \u201cTomorrow we may be taking teachers. The [next] day engineers,\u201d he said.
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Judgment has been postponed indefinitely as a battle wages over the ‘export’ of health workers. A court ruling on the controversial \u201cexport\u201d of nearly 300 Ugandan doctors to the Caribbean was postponed as the Ugandan government defended the move, bizarrely…<\/span><\/p>\n

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