Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP)

In early 2024 that the College was awarded a UK Government grant to fund a healthcare partnership with the Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP). The project is funded through the £8.9M Global Health Workforce Programme, which is financed by the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for the benefit of the UK and partner country health sectors. It aims to advance universal health coverage by strengthening the health workforce in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. THET is the grant manager.

Ours is a new health partnership with KAP to develop a faculty of specialist physician trainers and examiners to expand and decentralise the specialist physician training in Kenya. Kenya has a huge shortage of doctors with around 500 specialists for a population of over 52 million. Our partnership project will help to grow the number of specialist physicians by training more examiners, thereby increasing capacity for more doctors to sit the high-stakes postgraduate qualifying exams.

For further information about this RCPE Partnership please contact Ellie Barnes.