Health minister charity Ngilu says her ministry is working on reforms and restructuring  paper aimed at addressing health workers shortage countrywide.

Ngilu says this will also assist in improving the distribution of health workers.

She was speaking in Nairobi during a graduation ceremony for 60 senior health administrators from various health facilities that have undergone a three months training on Health Service Management.

The minister noted that the ministry has recently been financially burdened by re-emergence of various diseases.

However she said the US has moved in to assist the ministry by giving a grant of approximately 4.5 billion shillings.

She said the money would be used on improving resource management and procurement to ensure efficiency in service delivery.

She said the graduates are expected to ensure the ministry policies are implemented at all levels.

Meanwhile Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) countrywide are facing an acute shortage of staff.

The KMTC Board of Management says the shortage has been occasioned by mass exodus of staff to other organizations due to poor pay.

The board's Chairman, Prof. James Kahindi said the colleges are faced with immense challenges including dilapidated infrastructures that need to be urgently addressed. 

The colleges train over 90 percent of health staff in the country.