Brain Drain and Retention of Health Professionals in Africa

The numbers of health professionals joining the brain drain has reached a peak in recent years in apparent response to huge demands emanating from the developed countries. The brain drain of professionals, combined with the health crisis, threatens the entire development process in Africa. The crisis in health intensifies with the advent of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The loss of health workers simply serves to worsen a dire situation. The health and education sectors need to cooperate intensively to devise means of gaining some utility from the health professionals they produce before they leave for greener pastures. [author’s description]