AIDS, not overseas recruitment, stripping Zambian hospitals

AIDS is removing twice as many health professionals from the workforce from Zambia as overseas recruitment, according to a US-funded study published today in The Lancet, yet health care workers are not being prioritised for antiretroviral treatment. If the death rate of Zambian nurses could be cut by 60%, says the author, "Zambian health institutions would benefit more than they would from a total ban on recruitment to the UK."