Are Africas rural nurses valued enough?
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\\u201cI just have love for my people\\u2026 I put myself in their shoes and I\\u2019m like, 'let me reach those people'. I feel their pain.\\u201d
This week Africa Daily has been looking at what it means to be a nurse in Africa. We\\u2019ve heard from those who want to leave to find work \\u2013 but have been banned from working abroad by their governments. We\\u2019ve also heard from those who\\u2019ve left the continent with high hopes \\u2013 only for some to fall prey to unscrupulous agencies who take a cut of their wages.
But today we\\u2019re looking at what life is like for those still working in Africa \\u2013 concentrating on the story of Agnes Nambozo, the nurse captured on video clambering up a rickety wooden ladder attached to the side of a mountain in order to conduct health and vaccination programmes for villagers who couldn\\u2019t otherwise access them.
The video led Uganda\\u2019s health minister to label her \\u201cnurse of the year\\u201d. But many questioned why the minister wasn't rewarding nurses like Agnes - and making their working conditions safer.
Presenter: Alan Kasujja @kasujja \\nGuests: Agnes Nambozo and Justus Cherop Kiplangat, President of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union.
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