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The Association of Graduate Nurses and Midwives (AGNMU) in Uganda has asked government to drop the plan of scrapping internships for upgrading nurses and midwives.

AGNMU, in their July 29 letter to the chairperson of the Inter-ministerial Standing Coordination Committee of the Education and Health Ministries, said they are concerned by the committee’s “proposal to abolish the internship programme for graduate nurses and midwives in Uganda.”

“It is our considered position that this proposal has been rushed with inadequate stakeholder engagement that included nurses and midwives,” the letter reads in part.

“As a long-time champion of nurses and midwives in Uganda and leader, we appeal to you to consider our reiterated position as further clarified in the attached position paper,” it reads further.

However, the government said the plan is to scrap internships for those who are upgrading because they already have experience, a position which AGNMU challenged.

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