1. Transforming health workforce training
Dr. James Mwanzia
Chief of Party
May 3, 2012

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

14. Thank you
www.intrahealth.org
jmwanzia@intrahealth.org