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Ndanda College of Health and Allied Sciences

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History

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History

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Ndanda College of Health and Allied Sciences is Faith Based Organization owned by Board of Trustees of Benedictine Abbey Ndanda. It was established on 22nd September 1930 by Sr. Dr. Thekla Stinnesbeck OSB with four years course for dispenser. During the second World war in 1939 this school had to be closed.

In 1945, 18 months course for village midwives started and in 1950 the ministry of health gave permission to commence a 2 years training for midwives. In 1965, the nursing training center started to offer a three years course for nurse Grade B. Since its establishment, the school offered co-education training. In 1970, the two years training in midwives was discontinued, from there nurses grade B were trained as midwives. In September 1994, a diploma course in nursing started.

In September 2020 the Council granted full accreditation and the college added other programmes and started offering diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences. The college has students from NTA Level 4 to NTA Level 6, including pre service and in service students.

In December 2023, Ordinary Diploma in Clinical Medicine (CMT) introduced. The duration of this course is 3 years intends to address shortage of Healthcare workers in the country due to rapid increase of hospitals, health centres and dispensaries all over the country.