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Kenya losing 800 nurses yearly



Kenya’s first test tube baby with the Dr Joshua Noreh and the nurses who helped deliver her on May 8, 2006. Fresh statistics indicate that more than 800 Kenyan nurses leave the country every year to seek employment abroad especially in the United States of America. Photo /ARTHUR OKWEMBA

By KENNETH OGOSIA

Posted Monday, December 21 2009 at 20:00
In Summary

[b]•Most of them go to the US, leaving a huge shortage in the local hospitals

More than 800 nurses leave the country every year to seek employment abroad especially in the United States of America.

Most of them are women aged between 30 to 46 years working in the public health sector and are highly qualified, statistics at the Nursing Council of Kenya show.

Statistics from the Nursing council of Kenya indicate that on average 840 nurses apply for verification of their certificates with an intention to migrate.

“Countries of destination are the USA accounting for 59 per cent of applications and the UK with 27 percent,â€