In a bid to produce trained and qualified nurses in the country, the Sierra Leone Nurse and Midwives Board has published list of institutions which are allowed to conduct trainings for nurses for in the country.

The Board announced seven institutions accredited for offering programs that turn out nurses for the medical sector. The seven institutions are the only nursing schools granted permission to train nurses and to send nurses to with medical institutions to the Ministry of health and Sanitation.

These institutions include:

Faculty of Nursing, COMAHS, Freetown

ST. John of God Catholic School of Nursing, Lunsar

Department of Nursing, EBK University, Makeni

Department of Nursing, Tonkolili District College of Science and Technology, Masanga

Department of Nursing, College of Community Sciences, Njala Bo Campus

Department of Nursing, Eastern Polytechnic School of Nursing, Kenema

Matru School of Nursing, Matru Jong