President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to grace a global conference on harmonization of curriculum and training of health professionals post Covid-19 starting Monday Morning.
The three days meeting whose theme is ‘Repositioning today’s health workforce for the future’ has attracted at least 24 foreign nations and will take place at Sarova Whitesand Hotel in Mombasa.
According to Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council Daniel Yumbya has confirmed that president Uhuru Kenyatta will be the key guest of the event.
Discussions will be centered on how the health sector globally can leverage on medical technology in line with emerging global trends.
“We have realized that telemedicine is not included in the core curriculum where health professionals are trained, therefore we are going to look at challenges affecting the sector post covid, in terms of addressing the challenges that we got,” said Yumba.
While addressing a media briefing, Yumbya said the conference will strengthen the capability and technical support for health professionals to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC), anchored on the pillars of provision of quality healthcare, ensuring access and
affordability of health care services.
He termed the conference as a major milestone towards health care reforms aimed at
strengthening technical and soft skill competencies. He further said it will enhance global competitiveness and future job readiness of health professionals.
“Speakers drawn from republic North Korea, China local universities, researchers are set to address the conference, this is a conference that will give us a way forward inters of heath training in future,” added Yumbya.
Key speakers will attend the conference in-person at Sarova White Sands hotel in Mombasa County while other participants will attend virtually in line with the COVID-19 health protocols.
Local, regional and international corporations, medical institutions, trainers and providers will have an opportunity to showcase their work at exhibition stands during the conference.
According to Dr.Kgosi Letlape, President of the Association of the Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) said the world out to reposition itself on emerging global trends by embracing technology.
“We need to ensure that access to health care should be guaranteed and people should be accountable for the actions that they take, and the important thing is that how we will collaborate with each other to help the public get good healthcare,” said Letlape.
Meanwhile President Kenyatta is also expected to officially launch the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) programme at the the Port Reitz sub county hospital.
UHC is one of the “Big Four” strategic pillars declared by President Uhuru Kenyatta which will see major policy and administrative reforms in the medical sector, to ensure everyone has access to quality and affordable medical coverage by 2022.
