The impact of an emergency hiring plan on the shortage and distribution of nurses in Kenya: the importance of information systems
JM Gross, PL Riley, R Kiriinya, C Rakuom, R Willy, A Kamenju, E Oywer, D Wambua, A Waudo & MF Rogers
Volume 88, Number 11, November 2010, 824-830
Table 2. Deployment province of nurses recruited under the Emergency Hiring Plan in Kenya and funded by different donor organizations, 2005–2009
| Province | Number of nurses by donor organization |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Foundation and DANIDA |
USAID Capacity Project |
Global Fund |
ICAP |
UNICEF |
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Nairobi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 52 | 11 | 78 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Coast | 104 | 14 | 77 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern | 134 | 18 | 83 | 17 | 79 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 51 |
| North Eastern | 47 | 7 | 61 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 44 |
| Nyanza | 449 | 61 | 81 | 16 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rift Valley | 0 | 0 | 91 | 18 | 132 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Western | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 734 | 100 | 496 | 100 | 463 | 100 | 78 | 100 | 65 | 100 |
DANIDA, Danish International Development Agency; Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; ICAP, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs; UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund; USAID, United States Agency for International Development.