Before 2019, Kenya — home to 22 million children — had just 3 pediatric critical care specialists and 1 pediatric emergency medicine specialist for the entire country. No training pathway existed in the region to change that. We built one.

A partnership between the University of Nairobi and AIC Kijabe Hospital, the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s created the first Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care fellowship in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a two-year training program, designed for pediatricians from across Sub-Saharan Africa. Since launching in January 2019, fellows from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Sierra Leone have trained at the University of Nairobi/Kenyatta National Hospital and at A.I.C. Kijabe Hospital in rural Kenya — gaining hands-on experience treating acutely and critically ill children across public and private, urban and rural care settings.

Mortality has been cut by 50% in the critical care unit at the main Kenyan training facility. We’ve trained the first-ever PECC specialists on the continent-14 graduates and counting, with 4 more in training now.

Fellows learn from a combination of Kenyan and visiting international experts in pediatric emergency and critical care, supported by a live virtual curriculum that extends training beyond the bedside. Fellows return home to serve their own communities.

Your Life-saving Gift  

Few gifts carry more impact than saving a child’s life. Philanthropic support is central to PECC-Kenya’s success — and to reducing preventable deaths among children across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Any amount helps. Join us in strengthening pediatric emergency and critical care where it’s needed most. Make a gift.