Kenya’s health professional students often struggle to pay their annual tuition fees—usually about 70,000 Kenyan Shillings, or $767, for public middle-level colleges. Many students simply drop out before earning their diplomas and never enter the health workforce.
But the Afya Elimu Fund—a joint venture of IntraHealth International’s FUNZOKenya project, the Higher Education Loans Board, the Kenya Healthcare Federation, and others—makes flexible, low-interest loans available to students studying in accredited programs for nursing, clinical medicine, laboratory sciences, nutrition, and health records information.
The loans allow students to continue their education without disruption and eventually join the workforce, where they’ll help Kenya meet the country’s health care needs.
