Trained but Unemployed: Rethinking Nursing Education, Labour Markets, and Health Workforce Planning in Sub- Saharan Africa
Emmanuel Ahimbisibwe, Burani Aluonzi, Ezra Francis Munyambonera & Kaaya SirajeKabale University, P.O. Box 317, Kabale, UgandaORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9421-771XEmail: ahimbisibweemmanuel@yahoo.com Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to experience critical shortages and maldistribution of health workers, yet many newly qualified nurses and midwives remain unemployed or underemployed after training. This narrative review (1978–2025) synthesises policy and empirical literature to…