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Advocates Call For Supplementary Budget To Address Shortage Of Health Workers, Midwives In Uganda
"The shortage of health workers in Uganda is a 'crisis,' says the Minister of Health, and activists say expectant mothers are bearing the brunt of the country's staffing deficiency," IRIN reports. "Just 56 percent of Uganda's available health positions are filled," the news service writes, adding, "A parliamentary committee's recent attempt to redirect 75 billion Ugandan shillings -- about US$27.5 million -- out of a national budget of more than 10 trillion shillings ($3.6 billion) towards hiring enough health workers was rebuffed in September."
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