From a dream to a resounding reality: the inception of a doctors union in 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...

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Autor principal: Mwenda, Aruyaru Stanley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368759
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spelling pubmed-32830252012-02-24 From a dream to a resounding reality: the inception of a doctors union in Kenya Mwenda, Aruyaru Stanley Pan Afr Med J Essay 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. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3283025/ /pubmed/22368759 Text en © Aruyaru Stanley Mwenda et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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