This comes at a time when Zimbabwe has failed to provide nurses with jobs in public health institutions. The country-to-country arrangement means Zimbabwe gets a one-off payment for exported staff while the receiving country makes arrangements for the welfare of the nurses. The nurses will sign short-term, three-year, renewable contracts.
Due to a government freeze on new recruitments, the figure of unemployed nurses is estimated to be 2,000.
Director of Nursing Services in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Cynthia Chasokela, said they had drafted a Memorandum of Understanding.
“Once the government approves the initiative, nurses will formally work in other countries,” said Chasokela.
She said many countries, including Swaziland, Lesotho, Trinidad and Tobago had indicated a need to employ nurses from outside the country.
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