A Kenyan-born Minnesota State Representative, Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, is taking a group of American health care providers to the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi to conducting nurse training and employment opportunities for Kenyan nurses in the US.
The delegates are on a tour to KMTC headquarters, which is part of talks towards creating a health care and economic cooperation between Kenya and the US State of Minnesota.
As the partnership plan, hospitals in the U. S. will be unable to fill their vacancies, and the partnership will offer work opportunities for Kenyan nurses.
During the visit, the delegation is touring KMTC’s Nursing Department and training facilities, where members are engaging lecturers and students to understand the institution’s training programmes and the quality of nursing education offered.
Discussions include possible areas of cooperation like professional training, skills development, recruitment, and international placement of work-force.
The initiative is to enable development of pathways whereby Kenyan nurses may become employed in Minnesota upon passing licensing requirements.
This collaboration will boost Kenya-US health partnership and enable the Kenyan nursing graduates acquire international exposure and progress their careers.
The also underscores the increasing importance of international labour mobility in addressing healthcare workforce shortages and integrating highly-skilled professionals into the global labour force.
