Nurses to account for 66% of Africa’s projected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030 – Ihekweazu

WHO Urges improved investment in Africa’s Nurses workforce

By Tracy Moses As the world marks 2025 International Nurses Day today, the Acting Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has called for urgent and sustained investments in Africa’s nursing workforce. He warned that chronic underfunding, mass migration, and persistent shortages are threatening the continent’s progress toward universal health coverage. “Nurses are the backbone of our health syst…

Nurses to account for 66% of Africa’s projected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030 – Ihekweazu

Nurses are projected to account for 66% of Africa’s expected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Acting Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organization (WHO), has emphasized.  The post Nurses to account for 66% of Africa’s projected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030 – Ihekweazu  appeared first on Nairametrics.