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Botswana seeks pharmacists from abroad after nurses halt dispensing medications

Botswana nurses stopped filling prescriptions to patients in July 2023. [AP photo]

Botswana is aiming to recruit at least 1,000 pharmacists, some from abroad, after nurses said they would no longer dispense medications.

Nurses stopped filling prescriptions to patients last month, with the Botswana Nurse Union saying that doing so was outside their scope of work.

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