To further complement efforts in increasing access and quality health services, Beyond Zero believes that a skilled and well equipped health workforce can accelerate positive outcomes in maternal and child health. The availability of adequate and well-trained human resources for health is a critical component towards the achievement of universal health coverage. In 2016, Beyond Zero Nursing Scholarship Fund was established in collaboration with Kenya Medical Training College. The Scholarship Fund targets students from arid and semi-arid counties for a certificate course in enrolled community health nursing. The objective of the Fund is, “to improve utilization and quality of Primary Health Care services with a focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services”.

To date, the program has been funded by World Bank and Roche sponsoring 1,324 beneficiaries. The enrollment process is supported by a robust selection criteria targeting Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups as well as Arid and semi-arid counties. To date, 1163 nurses have graduated and over 500 are employed by National /County governments, mainly under the universal health coverage program, and are serving their respective communities at the primary care levels.