The Government wishes to announce scholarship opportunities for Diploma and Masters
programs for healthcare workers serving under the National and County Governments.
The programmes available for sponsorship in the financial year 2021/2022 are guided by
the identified priority areas in the health sector as shown in the table below.
PRIORITY HEALTH SPECIALISATION COURSES FOR 2021/2022
a) MEDICAL OFFICERS
Masters Courses
- Medical Physics
- Forensic Medicine
- Radiation oncology
- Medical Dosimetry
- Human pathology
- Anaesthesia/ critical care
- Emergency Medicine
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
- Family medicine
- Pediatrics and Child Health
- Internal Medicine
- Dermatology
- Urology
- Ophthalmology
- Psychiatry
- Neurosurgery
- General Surgery
20.Orthopaedic Surgery - Paediatrics Surgery
22.Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
GOVERNMENT OF KENYA SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS AT BOTH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
23.Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fellowships
- Endocrinology
- Paediatrics Nephrology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Interventional Radiology
- Forensic medicine
- Medical Oncology
b) DENTISTS - Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Periodontology
- Oral pathology
- Prosthodontics
c) PHARMACY
d) Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacovigilance
e) Industrial pharmacy
f) Pharmacology & Toxicology
g) Oncological pharmacy
h) Clinical Pharmacy
i) Pharmacognosy, Complementary and alternative medicine
j) Pharmaceutical Management and Policy
k) Pharmaceutical Innovation and Drug Development
l) Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs
m) Public Health Pharmacy
n) Community Pharmacy
o) Radio Pharmacy
d) NURSES
Higher National Diploma
- Critical care
- Nephrology
- Oncology
- Neonatal critical care
- Pediatric critical care
- Mental health and Psychiatry Nursing
- Ophthalmic Nursing
- Pediatric care Nursing
- Peri-operative Nursing
Masters
- Critical care nursing
- Nursing management
- Midwifery
- Oncology nursing
e) CLINICAL OFFICER
Higher National Diploma
- Anaesthesia
- Lung and skin
- ENT
- Paediatrics
- Oncology
Masters
- Forensic medicine
- Ophthalmology and cataract surgery
f) MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONEL - Masters in Molecular biology
- Higher diploma in microbiology
g) RADIOGRAPHERS
- Nuclear medicine Technologists
h) MASTERS FOR ALL CADRES - Field Epidemiology
- Health economics and Policy
- Health communication
- Public Health
- Biostatistics /Health informatics/ medical statistics
CRITERIA FOR SPONSORSHIP
In order to qualify for sponsorship, a candidate must:
Be a health care worker currently working under either the National or County
government
Have served for a minimum period of 2 years,
Be serving officers on permanent and pensionable Terms of Service.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Interested and qualified Healthcare workers are required to submit a written application
and attach copies of academic and professional certificates, identity card/passport, letter
of first appointment, letter of appointment to their current grade, evidence of admission
into a recognized institution for the desired course and indicate the last long course
attended.
Health care workers serving in the Counties are required to submit their applications
through their respective County Governments while those in the National Government
are required to submit through the address below:
Principal Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
P.O. Box 30016 – 00100
The applications must reach the respective offices on or before 29th
October, 2021.