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- Nickey Nyagah
Welcome to KCOA E-Learning Portal. Kenya Clinical Officers’ Association (KCOA) is a professional society established in 1962 and formally registered under societies act cap 108 on 9th July 1981 to promote continuous professional developmentand welfare of the members. This is achieved through training, capacity building, advocacy, mobilization and socio-economic empowerment. KCOA has a membership of 5000, 3000 are in public sector and 2000 are in private sector, with new members continuously registering and subscribing. The potential membership is 25,000 clinical officers who have been registered and licensed to practice by the Kenya Clinical Officers Council (COC).
Clinical Officers are key stakeholders in the provision of healthcare
in Kenya and the region. They form the backbone of healthcare provision
especially in the rural setup where 80 percent of Kenyans live. They
provide essential health services at primary and tertiary health care
levels both as general practitioners and specialists. The clinical
officers are amongst the frontline healthcare workers to manage patients
in different categories, namely; from referral, specialist
consultation, admission to the ward and general treatment as
outpatients.
KCOA's objectives and functions are supplementary
and complementary to health sector building blocks, functions and
responsibilities.
Service to uphold total health
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