It was announced on Monday that a total of 90 health workers from Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique will specialise in Portugal by 2026 as part of a training programme in partnership with four Portuguese public hospitals.
The information was published by Associação Ensinar Saúde Norte, which signed a protocol in Vila do Conde with the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Cape Verde, which will send four doctors and two nurses to Portugal until September to undergo specialized training in a hospital environment.
This initiative is part of the PALOP EXPERTSAÚDE project, which started this year and aims to provide three months of specialized hospital training to 90 health workers from Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique by October 2026.
A total of 40 doctors, 40 nurses and 10 diagnostic and therapeutic specialists from Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) will be trained.
According to Associação Ensinar Saúde Norte, the first participants from the Materno Infantil Manuel Pedro Azancot de Menezes hospital in Angola began their training in the second quarter of this year.
According to a press release, Baptista de Souza Hospital President Helena Rebelo Rodrigues said one of the pillars of the Cape Verde hospital department is continuous training and professional development, with a focus on doctors and nurses.
“Clinicians need constant updates because this is an area of constant update in terms of clinical delivery,” he said.
In turn, Susana Sa, Executive Director of PALOP EXPERTSAÚDE, stressed that the programme “intends to contribute to improving the health status, response and access of the population” in these three countries.
PALOP EXPERTSAÚDE is a project of Associação Ensinar Saúde Norte and several partners, which focuses on certified specialized hospital training, postgraduate education and training.
On June 28, the Cape Verde Medical Association (OMC) warned of the exhaustion of specialists in the archipelago due to work overload caused by a shortage of specialists.
There are 772 doctors registered with the WTO, but only 432 are active, the majority of whom (about 65%) do not have a specialty.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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