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Human resources:
CHALLENGES (Cont’)
� The inability to recruit and retain health care professionals
(professional nurses, medical practitioners, pharmacists and
psychologists),
� Lack of a structure for other categories of health care professionals
(dietitians, enrolled nursing assistants, nursing assistants,
pharmacist assistants, emergency medical services etc).
� Lack of mechanisms to address training needs for emerging
diseases, patients’ needs such as palliative care and new treatment
guidelines; hence the Department is dependent on over-stretched
Districts.
Lack of supplies and other pharmaceuticals
� Lack of adequate and access to pain medication when required.
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