Combat the NCD Epidemic
Improving access to prevention, screening, education, and care for non-communicable diseases in underserved communities.
See the NCD response
Building the Next Generation of Ethical Global Health Leaders
Akomapa develops ethical, community-centered leaders through healthcare service, leadership training, research, and equitable global partnerships.
Award
Yale Global Health Yogesh Khanal Award
Akomapa Health has been honored with the Yogesh Khanal Award for outstanding contributions to global health equity and NCD prevention in underserved communities.
Recognition
Startup Yale Finalist powered by Tsai City
We were selected as a finalist at Startup Yale, pitching our vision for scalable, student-powered healthcare delivery across West Africa.
New Program
Akomapa Ethical Leadership Program
Launching our flagship program to develop the next generation of ethical health leaders — combining clinical training with governance, equity, and community engagement.
New
Introducing Nkwapa — Our EMR Platform
Our offline-first electronic medical records system is now in public beta. Purpose-built to power Akomapa clinics in resource-limited settings.
Recognition
African Impact Initiative - Momentum Track
Akomapa has been promoted to the momentum track in the African Impact Initiative, run by Africa Health Collaborative, for our innovative approach to scaling healthcare access across Ghana.
Milestone
Akomapa UG Clinic Launch
Our University of Ghana clinic is now open, bringing NCD screening, education, and preventive care directly to the Legon campus community.
Growth
UCC Expansion to 4 Communities
Our University of Cape Coast partnership has expanded to serve four surrounding communities with regular health screenings and education programs.
Partnership
Yale African Innovation Symposium
Akomapa is partnering with Yale for the African Innovation Symposium, bringing together health innovators from across the continent to share solutions.
A Different Future
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
For decades, global health has been driven by passionate individuals seeking to improve lives. Yet many well-intentioned efforts have struggled because they lacked community partnership, ethical reflection, or long-term sustainability. Akomapa exists to help build a different future.
Our Philosophy
Students as Changemakers
Students Have Always Changed Healthcare
Throughout history, students have challenged assumptions, advanced research, strengthened communities, and helped shape the future of medicine and public health. At Akomapa, we believe students are not simply the leaders of tomorrow — they are partners in creating change today.
See how students leadOur Pillars
What We Do
Akomapa develops ethical health leaders through community-driven care, leadership education, research, innovation, and equitable partnerships.
Why We Began
The Silent Epidemic
Non-communicable diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide, yet millions remain undiagnosed, untreated, or disconnected from care. Akomapa was founded in response to this challenge. Through community partnership, ethical leadership development, and healthcare innovation, we are building a new generation of leaders committed to addressing the NCD epidemic and advancing health equity.
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- people died from an NCD before age 70 in 2021
Our Impact
Measured in people, partnerships, and momentum
Since our launch in October 2025, we're building a student-powered, community-rooted health movement.
Today
What our first chapter already makes possible
These numbers reflect the operational base we are building from across care delivery, student leadership, and institutional collaboration.
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Patients Served
What this unlocks
Every milestone here represents capacity that can be replicated, studied, and expanded with community partners.
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Student Leaders Trained
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Countries Connected
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Institutional Partners
Our Next Two Years
By 2028, we aim to scale this impact across borders and disciplines, translating early momentum into a much larger network of care, training, and research.
By 2028
Where this model is designed to go next
Our next chapter is about taking a proven local model and extending it through more clinics, more countries, and more institutional partnerships.
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Patients Served
What this unlocks
The goal is not just growth in numbers, but stronger systems, deeper training pipelines, and broader community access.
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Institutional Partners
Akomapa Academy
Training Ethical Leaders for a Changing World
The Akomapa Academy prepares students and emerging health professionals to navigate the ethical, relational, and systems challenges of global health. Its semester-long learning experience combines faculty dialogue, case-based study, community practice, mentorship, and a capstone project.
- Case-based study
- Faculty mentorship
- Community practice
Care, Learning, and Partnership
Community Health Hubs
Student-powered platforms addressing the NCD epidemic while developing future health leaders.
ActiveAkomapa–UCC Community Health Hub
Abeadze Dominase and Abura, Central Region, Ghana
Akomapa's first community learning and care hub partners with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana Health Service, and local leaders to provide NCD screening, education, referrals, and supervised student learning.
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In developmentAkomapa–UG Community Health Hub
Greater Accra Region, Ghana
An in-development partnership with the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences and national health partners, designed to expand community-based NCD prevention and interprofessional learning.
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ActiveAkomapa–NHP Yale Community Health Hub
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
A transnational adaptation of the Akomapa model that works with the Neighborhood Health Project to bring free blood-pressure and glucose screening, education, and referral support into trusted barbershops and salons.
Learn MoreNkwapa · Patient Management System
Responsible Health Innovation
Akomapa-built · Public beta
Nkwapa connects care, learning, and evidence.
Nkwapa is Akomapa's offline-first patient management system, built to help community health hubs deliver safer, more continuous care while strengthening student training. It supports screening, visit documentation, referrals, follow-up, clinical supervision, and responsible use of program data—even when connectivity is limited.
Continuity for every patient
Connects screening, visit history, referrals, and follow-up so care does not end when an outreach day does.
Training with clinical oversight
Gives student teams structured workflows while helping supervisors review care and reinforce responsible practice.
Built for low connectivity
Keeps essential patient-management workflows moving in settings where internet access is limited or unreliable.
Evidence for improvement
Consistent data capture supports quality improvement, community learning, and stronger health-system decisions.
Our Research & Academic Partners
Designed with Evidence. Driven by Collaboration.
In collaboration with leading universities, health systems, and student-run clinics worldwide, we generate the research and real-world evidence that powers Akomapa's model.
In collaboration with
These partners power our research agenda, strengthen our clinics, and help us translate evidence into impact.
Updates & Announcements
What's happening at Akomapa
Awards, milestones, and new initiatives driving our mission forward. Stay connected with everything shaping the future of Akomapa Health.
Voices from the Field
Stories of Hope, Leadership, and Impact
Hear firsthand how our programs are making a difference in the lives of individuals and communities.
"I feel proud to serve my community while learning to be a doctor."
Medical Student
University of Cape Coast
Our Work in Action
Gallery
Highlight our students, community events, faculty supervisors, and pilot clinics in action offering a human view of our mission at work.
Medical students practicing clinical skills
Community health education session in Saltpond
Faculty supervisor guiding student examination
Exterior of Winneba pilot clinic
Get Involved
You Can Help Build the Future of Primary Care in Africa.
Join a movement led by students and rooted in community. Partner, sponsor, volunteer, or donate—every pathway fuels preventative primary care across Africa and beyond.
Partner With Us
Co-design student-powered clinics and leadership pathways with universities, hospitals, and NGOs committed to reimagining preventative care.
Explore PartnershipsSponsor Training & Clinics
Provide scholarships, clinical supervision, or operating support so students can deliver consistent, community-rooted primary care.
Fund a ProgramVolunteer Your Expertise
Mentor students, support clinic operations, or lend technical skills that strengthen emerging health leaders across Ghana.
Apply to VolunteerDonate to Grow Impact
Invest in new clinics, mobile outreach, and research that help Akomapa scale compassionate, preventative care.
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