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Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan Health Workers To Become Permanent

The Government of Kenya will absorb more than 870 health workers contracted over the past three years through an Emergency Hiring Plan developed by the IntraHealth-led Capacity Project to address the country’s severe shortage of health professionals. Appointing the contract workers to permanent positions in the public health care system ensures that the increased access to HIV/AIDS, family planning and other critical services gained through the emergency plan will continue.

Kenya Government Appoints Emergency Health Workers to Permanent Positions

March 19, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC—The Government of Kenya has approved a complete absorption of more than 870 health workers contracted over the past three years through an Emergency Hiring Plan to address the country’s severe shortage of health professionals.