According to Kenya’s 2023 Health Labour Market Analysis, the country has doubled its health workforce in the last 10 years to almost 190 000 active health workers across 13 major health occupations, including nurses, midwives, doctors, surgeons and other specialists.
Despite this progress, there is still need for investment to strengthen health workforce in Kenya.
“For example, Kenya needs at least a 7‒11% increase in investment so as to meet the target for universal health care [coverage],” says Dr Evalyne Chagina, public health analyst at WHO Kenya.
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