“Funzo” means training in Kiswahili, and the project worked across the public and private sectors to strengthen preservice education of health workers, improve access to training for existing health workers, and link professional licensure to ongoing professional development. These linkages are critical to ensuring quality health care.

Initiatives

• Improved the supply of health workers by forecasting the number of new health workers needed and working with training institutions to increase admissions capacity.
• Established regional training hubs that updated 8,000+ health workers in critical areas such as HIV, family planning, and MNCH.
• Developed scholarship and loan programs to increase the supply of health workers through the Afya Elimu Fund.
• Harnessed technology to support 15 training institutions to develop and deliver up-to-date technical content and curricula through new learning modalities.
• Strengthened the ability of regulatory bodies to identify performance gaps, review curricula, and strengthen the link between continuing professional development and registration/re-licensure. 
• Developed the iHRIS Train database to provide data for improving efficiencies and filling training gaps.