In recent years Kenya’s healthcare system has seen dramatic improvements.
The Kenyan healthcare system can be divided into three categories; public providers, private non-profit organisations (including faith based and mission hospitals as well as local and international NGO’s) and private for profit health care providers.
Government oversight of the healthcare system is provided through regulation, implemented through the following regulatory agencies:
Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB)
Public Health Officers and Technicians Council (PHOTC)
Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI)
hPharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)
Physiotherapists Council of Kenya (PCK)
Radiation Protection Board (RPB)
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Universities with strong faculties in Medical, Science, Innovation, Technology, Agriculture and Creative Industries
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology – Agriculture, Medical School, Innovation (JKUAT)
- Egerton University – Agriculture & Medical School
- Kenya Methodist University – Agriculture
- University of Nairobi – Agriculture, Medical School, Innovation
- University of Eldoret – Agriculture
- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology – Agriculture
- Moi University – Medical School, Innovation
- Kenyatta University – Medical School, Innovation, Creative Industries
- Strathmore University – Innovation
- Technical University of Kenya (T.U.K) – Creative Industries