Collaboration
Our Partnerships
Building Together, Not For
Creating equitable collaborations across institutions, disciplines, and countries to advance global health equity.
Our Approach
How We Partner
Akomapa brings communities, universities, health professionals, researchers, and supporters together around shared goals and mutual accountability. Every partnership is designed to strengthen local capacity and create lasting impact.
Equity
Every partnership is built on mutual respect, shared decision-making, and equitable distribution of responsibilities and benefits.
Reciprocity
We learn as much as we contribute. Knowledge and expertise flow in every direction across our partnerships.
Accountability
Partners hold each other accountable to communities, to ethical standards, and to the outcomes we commit to together.
Sustainability
We design partnerships that strengthen local systems and outlast any single project or funding cycle.
“We build partnerships, not dependencies.”
— Akomapa Health Foundation
Academic Collaborators
University Partnerships
Universities collaborate on leadership development, research, mentorship, and responsible experiential learning — building pipelines for ethical global health practice.
University of Cape Coast
A founding university partner supporting community health delivery, interprofessional student leadership, faculty mentorship, and research in Ghana's Central Region.
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University of Ghana
An academic partner developing a Greater Accra community health hub through the College of Health Sciences and an interprofessional learning model.
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Yale University
A university partner contributing student leadership, faculty expertise, research collaboration, and the New Haven community health hub model.
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University of California, Los Angeles
An academic collaborator whose faculty and learners contribute to mentorship, clinical education, research, and ethical leadership development.
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Community Partnerships
Traditional leaders, residents, health facilities, churches, schools, and local organizations co-design and sustain community health work as equal stakeholders.
Community Leaders and Institutions
Traditional leaders, residents, health facilities, churches, schools, barbershops, salons, and local organizations that co-design and sustain community health work.
Government Collaborators
Government Partnerships
National and regional health authorities help align our work with public-health priorities, referral pathways, clinical standards, and sustainable service delivery.
Ghana Health Service
A national health-system partner supporting alignment with public-health priorities, referral pathways, clinical standards, and sustainable service delivery.
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Global Partnerships
International organizations and collaborators advance health innovation, entrepreneurship, mentorship, and practical solutions for stronger health systems.
African Health Innovation Centre
A global collaborator advancing health innovation, entrepreneurship, mentorship, and practical solutions for stronger African health systems.
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Partners & Collaborators
A growing network of institutions, organizations, and communities committed to advancing global health equity together.
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Become a Partner
Whether you represent a university, community organization, government agency, or global institution — there is a place for you in the Akomapa partnership network.
