About ECSAPACH
The East, Central & Southern Africa College of Paediatrics and Child Health (ECSAPACH) is a regional institution dedicated to advancing paediatric healthcare through specialized education, training, research, and professional collaboration. Established in 2021 by paediatric associations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and Botswana, ECSAPACH promotes excellence in paediatric and child health practice across the region.
The College upholds core values of integrity, quality, collaboration, innovation, and nurturing, with a mission to empower paediatric specialists to revolutionize child health in Africa through accessible, high-quality education. As a constituent college of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Health Sciences, ECSAPACH collaborates with national and international medical bodies to ensure standardized postgraduate training, certifying examinations, and the continuous professional development of paediatricians.
By fostering research, ethical practice, and multidisciplinary cooperation, ECSAPACH is committed to shaping the future of child healthcare across East, Central, and Southern Africa.
Member countries
Virtual Learning
ECSAPACH utilizes a virtual learning platform to deliver its educational content and foster a vibrant learning community. The platform offers course content, interactive quizzes and assignments, discussion forums, live webinars, a resource library, personalised learning tracks, mobile accessibility, and technical support.
Programmes
ECSAPACH is dedicated to advancing paediatric healthcare in East, Central, and Southern Africa through comprehensive programmes. These include General Paediatrics and Child Health, Paediatric Sub-specialties, Continuing Professional Education, and other Paediatric disciplines.
The College is committed to fostering collaboration and upholding ethical standards in paediatric practice.
Our programmes are designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to address the unique challenges faced by children in the region. The College utilizes a “College without walls” model, leveraging face-to-face learning in a network of accredited health facilities and a virtual learning platform to deliver high-quality education and training. This innovative approach ensures the accessibility of healthcare services to children and their families within the community.
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Applications for 2025 Intake Now Closed
The application window for the 2025 intake closed on July 31, 2025. Selection process for applicants is ongoing at the various teaching sites. If you
Meet Our Institutional Programme Directors
Institutional Programme Directors – ECSAPACH Teaching Hospitals ECSAPACH is honoured to work with a dedicated cohort of Institutional Programme Directors who oversee training and
Training Sites
🏥 Training Site Accreditation Ensuring quality human resources for health is critical for developing competent healthcare professionals. The East, Central, and Southern Africa College of
Advancing Paediatric Education: Highlights from the ECSAPACH Curriculum Content Development Workshop
Over three transformative days, stakeholders from across the paediatrics and child health spectrum came together for the ECSAPACH Curriculum Content Development Workshop. The workshop aimed
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the College of Paediatric of the ECSA Region with the Council of Governors, Kenya.
The collegiate model of education and training for paediatric specialists aims to help bridge the human resources for health shortage in the field of paediatrics
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