Schools of Health Technology and Primary Health Care

Results achieved as of March 2013 include: (i) distributing standard medical supplies and equipment to 14 primary health care clinics; (ii) constructing clinics students’ quarters borehole water supply better pit toilets and medical waste incinerators and using five of these sites as centres of excellence where community health students of the two colleges can gain practical experience; (iii) providing access to primary health care services proper waste disposal and safe drinking water for an estimated 20 000 people; (iv) enabling one of the colleges to run three new training programs; (v) improving students' learning environment conditions of living and training as a result of new physical infrastructure and equipment; (vi) providing continuing education and in-service training programs to update the knowledge and skills of 40 primary health care providers; (vii) improving the graduation rate of 111 community health extension workers and 143 junior community health extension workers at the two colleges; and (viii) increasing awareness of gender issues in the classroom and increasing the proportion of women in leadership positions in community groups. These have contributed to more effective administration and operation of the two Colleges of Health Technology which in turn leads to better trained gender-sensitive primary health care personnel working effectively in the community.