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Table 2 Current efforts to address the management/leadership needs in Kenya

From: Service delivery in Kenyan district hospitals – what can we learn from literature on mid-level managers?

Leadership and management initiatives

Key actors

Target

Approval for creation of additional 400 human resource management positions

Ministry of State for Public Service and awaiting budgetary allocation for implementation

Spread out to all levels of the health system in 2009

Review of top management positions, identifying key competencies, and gaps and providing recommendations for a way forward

Ministry of Health with assistance from Capacity Kenya Project

Launched in 2009 for health workers in public, private and faith based primary health care facilities

One month leadership development and management training programme

Leadership, Management and Sustainability Program/Management Sciences for Health

Launched in 2010 in 10 provincial hospitals in Kenya

A 5 day modular programme on leadership development and management in Coast and Nyanza province

Japan International Cooperation Agency

In 2009, aimed at strengthening the capacity and functions of the provincial and district health management teams

Facilitating the implementation of a 5 day leadership and management development programme in Nyanza Province

International Training & Education Center for Health, Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) and the Provincial Health Management Team

Launched in 2009 to increase the skills and capacities of health program managers–including those on the FACES, provincial, and district health management teams

The Management Basics for Effective Health, a management course for District Health Management Team members

The German Technical Cooperation

Launched in 2010 in four district hospitals: Bondo, Butere/Mumias, Gucha and Vihiga

International Leadership Training (ILT-Africa) in hospital management for health workers with diverse professional backgrounds in both public and private sector

Inwent, Capacity Building International (Germany),

Launched in 2005 in Cameroon, Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya and ongoing Kenyan participants included nurses, health administrators and medical superintendents from district hospitals