The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment plus Admission (ETAT+)training program aims to save children's lives by training healthcare workers to provide high quality care using the most up to date evidence based approaches.The training aims towards using simple and available resources towards this goal and focuses on the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children and neonates in Kenya.The training is offered to all medical students at the beginning of their Pediatrics and Child Health rotation in the fifth year of study and to students starting their postgraduate studies in Pediatrics and Child Health.The training is carried out in form of plenary sessions and practical sessions facilitated by highly qualified trainers in ETAT+ and have undergone a Generic Instructors Course (GIC).Each training is co-run with members of staff in the department.After the training was started there has been a great improvement in the mortality trends at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
