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Zimbabwe nurses seek better conditions abroad but fear for patients at home

Nurses protest against poor pay and working conditions at a government hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe [File: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo]

Harare, Zimbabwe – In December 2021, Setfree Mafukidze, his wife and four children moved to Somerset in the United Kingdom, joining a long list of health workers who have fled Zimbabwe to escape economic and political turmoil.

For four years, he had worked as the head nurse at the only clinic in Chivu, a town about 140km (90 miles) south of Harare.

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