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Roche joins Beyond Zero program to train more nurses from ASAL regions

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Swiss multinational healthcare company, Roche, has partnered with the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta’s Beyond Zero Initiative in an ongoing program to train more nurses from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) regions.

The World Bank funded training program for Enrolled Community Health Nurses (ECHN) aims to specifically populate rural health facilities in hard to reach areas with qualified personnel as a strategy to increase service provision by skilled attendants.

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