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Uganda anger at 'brain drain' as court allows medics to leave

A Ugandan court dismissed Wednesday an injunction sought by furious activists trying to prevent the controversial "export" of over 250 medics to the Caribbean.

A plan to send over 250 health professionals from the east African country, itself plagued by a major shortage of doctors and nurses, to Trinidad and Tobago has been labelled a "crime against humanity" by a Ugandan think-tank, the Institute of Public Policy and Research (IPPR).

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