03.03.02.01. Are there recognized professional training and qualification systems for the long-term care workforce? | Kenya

03.03.02.01. Are there recognized professional training and qualification systems for the long-term care workforce? | Kenya

31 Mar 2022

There are no professional training and qualification systems for the long-term care workforce in Kenya. Furthermore, there is only one medical gerontologist who trained outside Kenya, working at policy level. According to the first palliative medicine specialist in Kenya, Dr. John Weru, “the duty for palliative medicine specialists is to teach other doctors and clinicians as this is a very new medical specialty practice in the country, to set up structures and processes for the growth and development of the service and to provide the much needed clinical care to patients and their families” (Star Correspondent, 2015).

References:

Star Correspondent. (2015). Meet Kenya’s first palliative medicine specialist. The Star, 23 February. Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.the-star.co.ke/sasa/2015-02-23-meet-kenyas-first-palliative-medicine-specialist/