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Health Sector Statistics

Pharmacists and Pharmtechs
Pharmacists 3,373 7.4 3,512 7.6 3,825 8.0 4,069 8.4 4,285 8.7

Pharmaceutical 9,358 20.6 10,126 21.8 10,815 22.7 11,429 23.5 12,036 24.4
Technologists
Nurses
Graduate Nurses 4,819 10.6 5,961 12.8 7,242 15.2 7,959 16.3 9,112 18.5
Registered 51,420 113.2 57,564 123.9 58,247 122.5 63,580 130.6 76,878 155.9
Nurses
Enrolled Nurses 23,068 50.8 23,783 51.2 28,822 60.6 38,120 78.3 38,776 78.6
Clinical Officers
Graduate Clinical 285 0.6 428 0.9 608 1.3 715 1.5 896 1.8
Diploma Clinical 18,396 40.5 20,216 43.5 21,131 44.4 22,930 47.1 24,481 49.7
Officers
Public Health Officers and Technicians
Public Health 3,064 6.7 3,506 7.5 4,390 9.2 5,824 12.0 6,887 14.0
Officers
Public Health 717 1.6 1,029 2.2 1,328 2.8 1,614 3.3 1,664 3.4
Technicians
Medical Laboratory Techs
Laboratory 10,603 23.3 11,687 25.1 13,144 27.6 14,219 29.2 15,635 31.7
Technologists
Laboratory 3,062 6.7 3,602 7.8 3,886 8.2 3,979 8.2 4,160 8.4
Technicians

Nutritionists and Dieticians
Nutritionists and 2,106 4.6 3,066 6.6 3,570 7.5 3,795 7.8 4,235 8.6
Dieticians
Nutrition and 3,122 6.9 4,430 9.5 5,282 11.1 5,775 11.9 6,340 12.9
Dietetic
Technologists
Nutrition 619 1.4 813 1.7 921 1.9 951 2.0 1,046 2.1
and Dietetic
Technicians

Physiotherapists
Physiotherapists .. .. 846 1.8 1,147 2.4 1,521 3.1 1,687 3.4
(Diploma)
Physiotherapists .. .. 201 0.4 258 0.5 296 0.6 335 0.7
(Degree)
Source: Health Regulatory Bodies
Medical Training

Table below shows the number of middle level medical graduates by course and sex from Kenya Medical Training
College (KMTC) from 2016/17 to 2020/21 academic years. The number of middle level medical graduates increased
by more than threefold from 4,114 in the 2019/20 academic year to 12,437 in the 2020/21 academic year. This
increase is attributable to more students graduating in April, 2021 after failure to take up exams and graduate in
2020. Female graduates accounted for 53.2 per cent of the graduates in the 2020/21 academic year. Majority of the
graduates were diploma holders accounting for 70.7 per cent of the graduates in the period under review. The number
of graduates who attained certificates increased by almost three times to 2,829 in 2020/21 academic year while the
number of graduates with higher diploma more than doubled from 348 in 2019/20 to 816 in 2020/21 academic year.
At the higher diploma level, Nursing and Clinical Medicine and Surgery accounted for 71.0 per cent of graduates in
the review period.

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