The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) has rolled out a new eLearning program designed to sharpen how emergency responders across the country work together when disaster strikes.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

The Kenya Multi-Agency Interoperability Awareness eLearning Programme was officially launched on Wednesday, July 1, in Nairobi, with KMTC partnering with the Ministry of Health, the National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU), and the British High Commission to bring the programme to life.

The programme is centred on providing emergency responders with shared principles and practical skills so that in the event of an emergency, there is a streamlined, coherent response from medical providers.

“The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU), and the British High Commission, has launched the Kenya Multi-Agency Interoperability Awareness eLearning Programme,” stated KMTC.

📌 What You Need to Know

The programme is centred on providing emergency responders with shared principles and practical skills so that in the event of an emergency, there is a streamlined, coherent response from medical providers.

“Launched on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Nairobi, the programme aims to strengthen coordination and collaboration among emergency responders by equipping them with shared principles and practical skills for effective emergency preparedness and response,” stated KMTC.

This means that both KMTC students and medical providers, cutting across all categories in the medical field , are eligible for the training.

According to KMTC, the programme draws heavily on the UK’s Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP), which have been reshaped to fit Kenya's unique emergency landscape.

"Developed from the United Kingdom's Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) and adapted to Kenya's context, the eLearning programme builds on existing interoperability initiatives in policing, pre-hospital care, and multi-agency emergency preparedness," stated KMTC.

Although JESIP was originally developed as part of a counter-terrorism initiative, its lessons have since proven useful far beyond that, stretching into disaster management, emergency medical care, and humanitarian recovery work.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke