DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities said on Friday the government has set aside 8 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 3.4 million U.S. dollars) for training 139 medical specialists.
Ummy Mwalimu, the health minister, said the training of the medical specialists under the government scholarships was aimed at filling the shortage of the highly required medical personnel.
"The 139 medical personnel that will benefit from the scholarships is the brainchild of President Samia Suluhu Hassan," Mwalimu told a news conference in the capital Dodoma.
She said 136 of the selected 139 medical specialists will be trained abroad and three will be trained within the east African nation.
Upon completion of their studies the medical specialists will be assigned to work in public hospitals for three consecutive years, said the minister.
She said the medical specialists have been selected from the country's leading medical facilities. ■
