NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ministries of Health and Education have established a joint task force to review and reform the country’s health training programmes, aiming to ensure that Kenya’s health workforce meets national healthcare needs.
The move follows a high-level strategic meeting hosted by Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and attended by Education counterpart Julius Ogamba.
The task force will map existing training programmes against national priorities, recommend immediate reforms, and develop a clear implementation roadmap with defined milestones.
“The meeting discussed strategies to strengthen the governance and regulation of health education and training in order to produce graduates who are well equipped for both the local and international labour markets,” Ogamba said.
The initiative seeks to produce skilled health personnel capable of delivering the constitutional right to the highest attainable standard of health under Article 43(1)(a).
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education have established a joint task force to align existing health training programmes with national priorities, following a high-level strategic meeting hosted by Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale and attended by Education
Discussions at the meeting also focused on ongoing health sector reforms under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda, including the Digital Superhighway initiative, which integrates health services nationwide and addresses the challenge of unqualified practitioners.
Officials emphasised that human resources are the backbone of sector expansion and called for sustainable strategies to support training institutions in designing programmes that reflect Kenya’s disease burden and service delivery needs.
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Both Ministries reaffirmed their commitment to competency-based, harmonised, and responsive health training aligned with the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretaries Mary Muthoni and Beatrice Muganda, Director-General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth, and technical heads from both Ministries.
