title: 'Emigration of nurses is crippling Africa's embattled health system'.
abstract: The migration of African-trained nurses to developed countries such as the UK is 'crippling' health systems for the world's most needy, the former president of Botswana told an event attended by 5,000 nurses last week.
authors.affiliation: South Africa.
authors.forename: Tamsin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Snow