The government of South Sudan gave scholarships to nine candidates to attend a one-year course at the Centre for Education Development in Health, in Arusha, Tanzania, in a bid to improve the skills on health personnel.
Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health Makur Kariom told CRN News that human resources development should be the number one priority for South Sudan.He added that a strong health system needs skilled professionals to make use of infrastructures.
Mr Karion said that good structures without skilled labour are useless.
Frudensio Gore is among those going to Arusha.
He said he wants to improve his knowledge on environmental health and paediatrics to combat child mortality.
Mr Gore and eight other South Sudanese from different disciplines will acquire skills in order to be able to teach their colleagues upon their return.
Although there are some health training institutes in South Sudan; there are no qualified South Sudanese tutors available. As a result, tutors have to be brought from neighbouring countries making assisted labour more expensive.