The mission of the Faculty of Health Sciences is to produce graduates who will harness their intellectual and practical prowess for their own and community‘s good health enhancement. To this end the graduate should be able to develop skills to maintain continuous medical education throughout his/her professional life. Further the programme envisages inculcating acquisition of knowledge and skills in research in health and health related issues. To achieve this, self-directed learning, problem solving and effective communication will be crucial. The graduate will be expected not only to excel in curative medicine but also in community-based prevention of disease and promotion of health.
One of the stated goals of the newly independent Kenya was to fight disease. This has remained a major challenge to date not only in terms of health care financing but also in the number of trained personnel. This is especially so in the higher cadres. Although Kenya has been training doctors from late 1970s an acute shortage of doctors still persists. There is no doctor available below the level of a district hospital and indeed many district hospitals are under the management of clinical officers. There is dire need to change this state.