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Global Health Immersion Program
Applications Now Open
Akomapa is inviting learners from around the world to participate in a two-week global health experience in Ghana connecting emerging health leaders with community learning, primary care, ethical leadership, and cultural exchange.
*Video courtesy Ghana Tourism Authority
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Registration payment
Selected applicants can verify their registered email to view payment options. The standard program fee is $2,499. A $1,249.50 deposit counts toward it; the remaining $1,249.50 is due November 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Deposit payers can return to this page to pay the balance. Any individual scholarship is shown after verification. Payment alone does not confirm a place in the cohort.
New deposit and full-fee checkouts must be started by November 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Please contact Akomapa for any later offer.
If you cancel, the $1,249.50 deposit portion is nonrefundable. If you pay in full and Akomapa receives your cancellation request by November 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, the amount paid above $1,249.50 is refundable. From November 30, voluntary cancellation is not refundable. If Akomapa cancels the program or cannot offer you a place, it will refund your full program payment. Applicable legal rights still apply.
The fee includes accommodation, meals, local transport, and program activities. Akomapa will share the pilot itinerary and any additional costs directly with selected participants. Entry fees and materials are included only where the written offer says so.
The program
Move between health systems and community settings while learning through partnership, reflection, and Ghana's living history. Every experience is designed to build cultural humility and a deeper understanding of locally led health work.
Participants leave with a clearer understanding of community-centered health practice and a stronger foundation for ethical collaboration across cultures, disciplines, and health systems.
The experience
Four connected experiences bring global health learning to life.
Work alongside local teams on priorities shaped by the communities they serve.
See how prevention, screening, health education, and follow-up connect across care settings.
Explore trust, power, sustainability, and responsibility through mentored discussion and reflection.
Experience Ghana's history and culture while building genuine relationships across perspectives.
Eligibility
For learners ready to approach community health with curiosity, humility, and care.
Students exploring medicine, public health, global health, or service.
Medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and allied health learners.
Graduate learners and emerging professionals ready to deepen ethical, community-centered practice.
Across Ghana
One journey. Two host cities.
Experience the energy of Accra and the history of Cape Coast through community learning, health systems exploration, cultural exchange, and time to reflect.
Partner as a faculty mentorApplications
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