Uganda: Health Workers Appeal to MPs for Improved Working Conditions

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Uganda: Health Workers Appeal to MPs for Improved Working Conditions

[Independent (Kampala)] Jinja, Uganda -- Health workers in Eastern Uganda have asked Parliament's Committee on Health to push for improvement in their working conditions citing dilapidated hospital structures and poor accommodation as serious concerns.

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