Africa-Press – Eswatini. Prime Minister Russell Dlamini has suggested that countries who take Emaswati professionals to work in their countries should also contribute to their studies.
The PM was reporting on his trip to Uganda and Italy where he represented His Majesty King Mswati III in summits that took place in both countries. This was upon his return on Thursday evening.
During the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM) Fifth Summit, the PM said Eswatini had invested heavily in training a high number of healthcare professionals such as nurses and doctors.
Relocated
He said quite a number of these had since relocated and were practising in other countries.
Dlamini invited countries that had an acute need for health workers to enter into formal agreements with the Kingdom for provision of same.
He further implored those countries to also play a role in training these health workers through technical and financial assistance.
The summit, which was held on January 30 in Rome, Italy focused on the theme: ‘Creating a better present to build a greater future for Africa: the role of healthcare and investments’.
During his address, the PM said Eswatini bore witness to the fact that, with the right focus and partnerships, dividends could be realised in combatting health issues.
He further highlighted the partners and further appreciated them and indicated readiness to again partner for the betterment of Emaswati.
Dlamini further remarked on the unintended cost of focus on combatting HIV/AIDS and, the COVID-19 pandemic and how this had resulted in a marked rise in communicable diseases. He invited attention to these diseases and the possibility of partnerships in addressing same.
He further shared on how government had gone to great lengths to attempt to provide health services for the people. He noted the need to develop a comprehensive health insurance system to ensure that people had appropriate and effective health access.
Meanwhile, while in Italy, the PM also attended the Italy-Africa Summit attended by Iver 35 heads of State and government from African countries.
The medium and long-term objective that have been set by Italy is to demonstrate the awareness of how interconnected the destiny of the two continents, Europe and Africa, is and that the two continents could grow together.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened up the Africa summit by unveiling a plan to boost development for the continent that she hoped would curb migrant arrivals and forge a new relationship between Europe and Africa.
Meloni, in her remarks, outlined a series of pilot projects in individual countries that she said would enable Africa to become a major exporter of energy to Europe, helping it reduce its dependence on Russian energy.
Eswatini delivered a high-level address through Dlamini, indicating the key intervention areas targeted at ensuring inclusiveness as well as addressing the issue of Energy Security and Transition session. He mentioned the need for Eswatini’s aspiration to be energy self-sustaining.
The PM further stated that the Kingdom of Eswatini’s end goal with regards to energy security was to generate enough power to attract significant investments in many sectors and industries as well as to be an exporter of energy. He said it was such investments that would grow the country’s economy and bring sustainable jobs for Emaswati.
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