Careers

The 'doctors' of Southern Sudan

Innovative training practices help to minimize the unfortunate effects of doctor shortages in sub-Saharan Africa.

Southern Sudan has successfully implemented a novel task-shifting solution, whereby duties normally performed by doctors are assigned to clinical officers. In a paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Dr. Peter Ngatia and Victoria Kimotho present a study that traces the progress of clinical officers who have graduated from the National Health Training Institute in Maridi.