Veterinary Doctors Leaving Ghana for Europe due to Poor Working Conditions – GVMA
Kenneth Ashong 
The Ghana Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) has raised concerns over a worrying rate of veterinary doctors migrating to Europe due to poor working conditions.
Dr. (Vet) Theophilus Odoom, vice president of the Ghana Veterinary Medical Association, said this in an interview with the media at the sidelines of the association’s 50th Biennial Conference in Koforidua.
“The few people that we have are willing to work, and because of lack of infrastructure and some of these things most of them are leaving the country. They are poaching them. The UK is poaching a lot of our young vets for meat inspections and service in the United Kingdom. Some are going to Australia and others so they keep leaving and it is making the work difficult," Dr. (Vet) Theophilus Odoom bemoaned.
Under the theme “Strengthening Veterinary Services in Ghana for a Resilient Food System,” the three-day conference gathered veterinarians from across the country to discuss challenges, seek solutions, and set goals for sustainable growth.
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