<div class="gmail_quote"> From: <a href="mailto:mkamalyanni@oxfam.org.uk">mkamalyanni@oxfam.org.uk</a><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">No, it is not human to expect health
workers to sacrifice their (and their families) needs in order to provide
free services. Govts and donors (including the Worldbank) MUST ensure that
health workers are paid decent wage before the likes of the bank criticises
workers for taking informal charges.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Personally, I think the best solution
is to send policy makers from the bank (and similar institutions) to live
and provide services in developing countries under exactly the same situations
of health workers there. Perhaps then, big decision makers can realise
that health workers are not inherently "corrupt" but that they
do not have many options!</font>
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Dr. Mohga M Kamal-Yanni<br>
Senior health & HIV policy advisor<br>
Oxfam GB<br></font></div>