Overview
The College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) has the honour of being the first medical school in Sierra Leone after it was founded on the 12th of April 1988, by the Government of Sierra Leone with support from the Nigerian Government and the World Health Organization.
The College comprises four faculties: the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Clinical Sciences & Dentistry, the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
COMAHS has a primary mandate to produce doctors, nurses, pharmacists, biomedical scientists and laboratory technicians with a view of improving the health care delivery system in Sierra Leone. Hence, the College has strategically cemented its position as a leading institution in national health research and capacity strengthening in Sierra Leone by generating the much needed evidence to inform policies and practices in the area of health. The College is also involved in needs-based research activities at both national and international levels to ensure that it continues to play a key role in the health system as well as in rebuilding and strengthening the nation’s socio-economic development at both national and international levels.
The evaluation of the Janssen-Janssen (J&J) and the Merck vaccines against the Ebola virus disease under the leadership of COMAHS in Sierra Leone is one of the noblest contributions of the college in improving the health system especially at the international level. The said vaccines have received emergency authorisation use from the World Health Organization, and were deployed to contain the Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and more recently in Guinea, West Africa.
Mission
To provide the highest quality instruction in a variety of academic disciplines, through the curricular offerings of the three constituent campuses, which reflects the national development agenda of Sierra Leone. It is predicated on the realization that the University of Sierra Leone will continue to maintain and enhance excellence in all its endeavours so that the graduates it produces can be globally competitive in the job market.
Vision
The USL is committed to providing the best higher education possible which emphasizes quality programmes that are responsive to the critical emerging needs of Sierra Leone, paying particular attention to the tripartite mandate of instruction, research and public service.
Core Values