2. Introduction
A National Training Mechanism which aims to
increase the numbers of new health workers
trained
To address current health workers training needs
and skills gaps
Build the capacities of training institutions
Work with regulatory authorities to create
demand for health workforce training
3. FUNZOKenya partners
IntraHealth International Inc.
The Kenya Healthcare Federation
Results for Development
Great Lakes University of Kisumu
University of North Carolina
Other resource partners – AMREF, SBS
4. Four drivers of change
Financing
Public-private participation
Technology
Accountability
5. Financing
Increasing financial access through loans and
scholarships for prospective students and health
workers
Brokering partnerships with the private sector to
invest in health workers and training institutions
Aligning financial incentives towards rewarding
high performance
Prioritizing cost recovery models of training
delivery
6. Public-private participation
Mobilize the private sector – technology firms,
financial institutions – to engage in health system
Non-state institutions to offer high quality,
relevant and accredited programs
Public sector must remove policy barriers that
hinder private sector investments and seek
creative partnerships with the private sector
Tap entrepreneurial ideas of the private sector for
meeting demand for skilled health workers
7. Technology
Use technological innovations for training
Use of distance learning, mobile phones, hand-
held devices for enhanced patient care
Virtual networks for collaboration and sharing
Tap entrepreneurial ideas of the private sector for
meeting demand for skilled health workers
Use the iHRIS for availability and use of accurate
data for forecasting, resource mobilization and
tracking
8. Accountability
Training institutions and regulatory bodies to be
responsive to population needs, cadres of health
workers and the health system
Responsibility for the outcomes expected to be
achieved
Offer relevant courses, increase enrollment and
output, use of e-learning methods
Regular curricular reviews, quality assurance,
efficiency and cost-effectiveness
Continued professional development to be used to
create demand for training and have CPD credits for
maintaining licenses
9. Framework
Increase training of new
health workers Results
Increased sustainable
production of health
Address Current training workers
Expected end result needs
Adequate health workers Quality, accessible and
with updated skills and responsive courses for
knowledge Support the training health workers
facilities
Professional licensure
linked to professional
Support regulatory development
bodies
10. The unique partnership with KHF
Creating and enabling environment for training
fees access; expanding access to loans and
scholarships especially for the most in need
Working with institutions that already offer loans
and scholarships – HELB, Equity bank
Promoting partnerships with local / international
financing institutions – IFC, WB, AfDB, etc.
Working with private healthcare providers
and training institutions
11. The unique partnership with KHF
(continued)
Increasing admission capacity in selected training
institutions
Focusing on remote areas especially northern and
other arid lands
Focusing on cadres with critical gaps
Looking at boding mechanisms for students to
serve the sponsoring institutions after graduation
Working on cost recovery mechanisms for
enhancing sustainability
12. Expected results
Increased number of new health workers
trained
Current health workers training needs
addressed
Strengthened capacity of training
institutions
Regulatory bodies supported to create
demand for training
13. Recognition
The ministries of health leadership in
spearheading public-private sector
partnerships
The IFC/World Bank – Health in Africa
Initiative
The Kenya Healthcare Federation
USAID
