One PatientAdvancing Noncommunicable Disease Prevention & Care
Akomapa partners with underserved communities, universities, and health systems to deliver high-quality longitudinal primary care while preparing the next generation of ethical health leaders
Award
Yale Global Health Yogesh Khanal Award
Akomapa Health received the Yogesh Khanal Award to support the development of our Ethical Leadership Program, Akomapa Academy.
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.
The Challenge
The world’s fastest-growing health crisis deserves a stronger response.
Noncommunicable diseases — including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease — are responsible for 74% of deaths worldwide. Their burden is rising fastest in low- and middle-income countries, where communities face growing rates of chronic illness but often lack reliable access to prevention, early diagnosis, and continuous primary care.
Hypertension and diabetes have become silent epidemics across the region. Too many people are diagnosed only after suffering preventable complications such as stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, or blindness.
But the challenge extends beyond access alone. Communities need stronger systems of care — and tomorrow’s professionals need better preparation to lead them. Improving outcomes requires both.
- 74%
- of deaths worldwide are caused by noncommunicable diseases.
- 43M
- lives were lost to NCDs in 2021 alone.
- 73%
- of NCD deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
Why Akomapa
One model. Two challenges. Lasting impact.
Most organizations focus on either delivering healthcare or educating future professionals. Akomapa integrates both. Our Community Learning & Care Hubs combine community-based prevention and primary care with ethical leadership training, interprofessional education, research, and long-term partnerships with existing health systems.
Communities
deserve high-quality, continuous primary care close to home.
Students
deserve an education that prepares them to become ethical, collaborative, community-centered professionals.
Health systems
deserve models that strengthen care and leadership simultaneously.
Building healthier communities by caring for today’s patients and preparing tomorrow’s health leaders.
Built on Evidence
Research before implementation.
Our model was not designed in a boardroom. It was built through research. Our founder’s award-winning, mixed-methods MD thesis explored whether Community Learning & Care Hubs could improve noncommunicable disease care in Ghana.
Through interviews, focus groups, and surveys involving students, faculty, community members, and health leaders, the research identified the critical ingredients for a sustainable, ethical, and community-owned model. Those findings became the foundation of Akomapa — and our work continues to be guided by implementation science, continuous evaluation, and community partnership.
Our Model
Five components, one connected system.
Each part reinforces the others: every clinic improves care for today’s patients, every student encounter prepares tomorrow’s workforce, and every partnership strengthens local health systems.
- 01
Community Learning & Care Hubs
Supervised interprofessional student teams deliver screening, diagnosis, education, treatment, referral, and longitudinal follow-up — while the hubs double as living classrooms.
Visit the hubs - 02
Ethical Leadership Academy
Preparing the next generation of health professionals through online learning, mentorship, and community-based service.
Enter the Academy - 03
Research & Innovation
Generating evidence that improves care, informs policy, and strengthens health systems.
See the research - 04
Nkwapa Digital Health Platform
Secure patient records, longitudinal follow-up, quality improvement, and impact measurement across every hub.
Explore the platform - 05
Systems Partnerships
Working alongside communities, universities, ministries of health, and institutions to build sustainable primary care.
Build with us
Transformational Impact
Building healthier communities. Preparing stronger health leaders.
Every clinic improves care for today’s patients. Every student encounter prepares tomorrow’s workforce. The numbers below track both.
Explore our impact- Community members screened
- 0+Community members screened
- Linkage-to-care rate
- 0%Linkage-to-care rate
- Community Learning & Care Hubs
- 0+Community Learning & Care Hubs
- Student leaders trained
- 0+Student leaders trained
Research & Innovation
- Faculty Mentors Engaged
- 10+Faculty Mentors Engaged
- Academy Graduates
- 50+Academy Graduates
- Research Scholars Supported
- 5+Research Scholars Supported
Nya Akomapa
“Have a good heart”
Our Values
Akomapa means "A Good Heart."
In Akan, Akomapa represents more than compassion. It reflects our belief that meaningful healthcare begins with both clinical excellence and moral leadership.
We believe every person deserves compassionate care, every community deserves equitable access to high-quality healthcare, and every health professional has a responsibility to lead with humility, integrity, and service.
- Empathy
- Equity
- Excellence
Our Vision
Every community deserves high-quality chronic disease care.
We envision a future where preventable complications from hypertension, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases become increasingly rare — because every community has access to compassionate, continuous, community-centered primary care delivered by ethical health leaders.
Stories of Impact
Care, leadership, and partnership — one story at a time.
One Patient
One StudentLearning to lead through service.
Read the story
One CommunityPartnership creating lasting change.
Read the storyOur Research & Academic Partners
Designed with evidence. Driven by collaboration.
We work with leading universities, ministries of health, and student-powered clinics worldwide to generate the evidence that powers Akomapa’s model.
In collaboration with
Join the Movement
Build healthier communities and stronger health leaders with us.
Improving chronic disease care takes communities, universities, healthcare institutions, policymakers, and supporters working together. Join us as we care for today’s patients and prepare tomorrow’s health leaders.
