The Mwami Adventist Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1962, 35 years after the hospital’s founding. “The Mission of the Nursing school was to provide a holistic Nursing Education for Men and Women with the aim of equipping them with adequate professional skills for service to God and Humanity.” The Hospital Administration spearheaded the establishment of the nursing school with the support of the union office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zambia and the government of the Republic of Zambia.
Martha Hansen and Olive Vaughan, the Sister - Tutor and Matron, respectively, opened the doors of the new school of nursing to first student-nurses. Martha Hansen as first Principal Tutor started Set 1 of Enrolled Nursing with seven students. This program is called Zambia Enrolled Nursing. The school used some of the existing hospital infrastructure to conduct training programs. The seven students, being all female, were accommodated in one of the houses at Mwami Adventist Hospital. The first graduation ceremony was held in 1966. Five nurses graduated, including Zubedha E. Adams, the first Asian nurse to be trained in Zambia. The graduation ceremony was graced by Pastor H. E. Rice from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Medical Department, and Member of Parliament Mrs. E. Banda. Exeter Hiwa, Medical Assistant at Mwami Adventists Hospital, was the interpreter for the guest speakers.
To date, the nursing school has graduated more than 1,508 students. The school trained Enrolled Nurses until 2014, when it was upgraded to train Registered Nurses.
In January 2018 the Public Health Nursing and Registered Nurse Midwifery programs began. Inservice Registered Midwifery and Inservice Enrolled Nurse - Registered Nurse Abridged programs began in 2020.
In 2023, the Southern Zambian Union Conference and Southern Indian Ocean Division voted and approved the change of name of the training institution from Mwami College of Nursing and Midwifery to Mwami College of Health Sciences.Mwami College has students from over Zambia and has qualified, dedicated and committed Faculty and Support from within Zambia, Africa and the world.