The government has moved to address decades of disconnect between classroom training and real-world clinical practice, inaugurating a multi-sectoral Technical Working Group (TWG) on education and training of healthcare professionals on April 9.
The TWG is mandated to recommend strategic, policy and institutional reforms to improve the education, training, accreditation and continuous professional development of healthcare professionals in the country.
The inauguration was co-chaired by Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale and Education CS Julius Ogamba.
The group will focus on ensuring that curricula are aligned with Kenya’s evolving disease burden and health system needs, while also strengthening clinical and practical training and enhancing regulatory standards.
It will further integrate emerging areas such as digital health and data analytics into healthcare training programmes.
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The TWG builds on a joint task force established by the two ministries in February 2026, which had committed both sectors to competency-based, harmonised training aligned with national health priorities. That engagement had underscored that the production of skilled health workers was a shared responsibility between the health and education sectors.
By Benedict Aoya
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