The state and the French government have agreed on a Sh3 billion funding project to train medics in local private and public universities, Education CS Fred Matiang’i (pictured) said yesterday. He spoke at Laico Regency during the sixth Medical Education Partnership Initiative. The CS said MEPI has contributed towards improving the quality of medical education and learning facilities, curriculum reforms, e-learning and faculty retention. Matiang’i said the project is aimed at increasing the number and competency of health workers. “This causal relation between education and health arises because a higher education leads to a healthier lifestyle and because higher educated people are able to gather, process and interpret information about healthy behaviour.”

Source: The Star August 02, 2016 23:05 UTC