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Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda. From a dream to a resounding reality: the inception of a doctors’ union in Kenya. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2012;11:16 Key words: Doctor, union, strike, health workforce, Kenya Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/11/16/full Received: 24/01/2012 - Accepted: 24/01/2012 - Published: 25/01/2012 © Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
From a dream to a resounding reality: the inception of a doctors’ union in Kenya
Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda1,&
1Consolata Hospital, Nyeri, Kenya
&Corresponding author
Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda, Consolata Hospital, P.o Box 25 - 10100, Nyeri, Kenya
After two grueling years of determination and resilience, the Kenyan doctors have formed a doctors’ union. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union(KMPDU)not only aims at agitating for better terms of service for its members, it also aims to influence the running of the Kenyan health sector and improve health services in Kenya. The union has been fully recognized by the Kenyan government and is engaging the government concerning various health sector policies besides improved terms and working conditions of the doctors in the country.
