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A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE HEALTH FOR ALL
The AMPATH Global network builds partnerships between universities and academic health centers to strengthen health systems and tackle health disparities, train future global health leaders and foster healthcare innovations to improve health worldwide. AMPATH has proven extremely successful in Kenya, improving the health of the communities it serves while also achieving great strides within the areas of training and research.
AMPATH Ghana replicates this model and embodies the same values, principles, and fundamental framework of AMPATH Kenya. UDS-SoM and TTH are the perfect partners for AMPATH Ghana, as their missions embody AMPATH values, aims, and principles, in line with the vision to ensure health for all.
Mission + Vision
MISSION
AMPATH improves the health of people in underserved communities by working in partnership with academic health centers, ministries of health and others to build public sector health systems and promote well-being. Guided by the principle of leading with care, we:
Deliver and sustain effective healthcare services
Reduce health disparities and address social determinants of health
Develop and strengthen human capacity through training and education
Advance research that improves health
Strengthen partner institutions
VISION: A global partnership to ensure health for all
AMPATH has strong focus on mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and ideas. Medical doctors, residents, students, and scientists have a unique opportunity to work and study together through care, training, and research programs that are designed to respond to the needs of the populations served.
Our key partners
UDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Ghana’s UDS School of Medicine trains more than 1,000 medical learners with a focus on care for the poor. UDS is committed to the health of Ghana’s citizens and education of the next generation of healthcare providers. UDS achieves its mission through its local and international partners, such as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education.
TAMALE TEACHING HOSPITAL
The Tamale Teaching Hospital located in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, was established in 1974 and currently serves at the only tertiary health service provider for public and private healthcare providers and clients from all six regions in the northern sector of Ghana, as well parts of the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso, Togo, and La Cote d’Ivoire. With a vision to become a center of excellence for tertiary healthcare, medical education and research, the Hospital places high emphasis on opportunities for enhancements in quality of care, strengthening of its health systems and capacity building for its staff.
NYU LANGONE HEALTH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of America’s top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. Through AMPATH Ghana, NYU Grossman School of Medicine extends its impact in Ghana to include a medical partnership in rural northern Ghana to complement its longstanding and well-established presence in southern Ghana that includes undergraduate and postgraduate education, research, and clinical services.
GHANA MINISTRY OF HEALTH
As a critical Sector of the economy, the Ministry of Health seeks to improve the health status of all people living in Ghana thereby contributing to Government’s vision of universal health coverage and a healthy population. The Ministry of Health, working in partnership with its agencies and stakeholders aims at improving the human capital thus “creating wealth through health” through the development and implementation of proactive policies that will ensure improved health and vitality.
GHANA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
The Ministry of Education exists to ensure quality and accessible education for all. Through the formulation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of policies with motivated staff and appropriate systems, Ghana’s education system will meet the needs of the labor market, improve human development and increase national integration.
THE AMPATH CONSORTIUM
The AMPATH Consortium is a network of academic health centers that aims to foster long-term, equitable and cross-cultural partnerships with host health centers and universities that serve populations with significant unmet needs. Each institution brings their own perspective and provides its own opportunities for medical trainee exchange programs and hands-on education, in North America and across the globe.
Indiana University leads the AMPATH Consortium.
Our people
Ghana Leadership
PROFESSOR STEPHEN TABIRI
Dean
UDS School of Medicine
DR. ADAM ATIKU
CEO
Tamale Teaching Hospital
AMPATH Leadership
RAJESH VEDANTHAN
Executive Director
AMPATH Ghana
LAUD BOATENG
Executive Site Director
AMPATH Ghana
ADRIAN GARDNER
Executive Director
AMPATH Consortium
Arielle Hernandez
Assistant Director
AMPATH Ghana
Team Leaders
CLAUDIA LEUNG
Medicine Team Leader AMPATH Ghana
SASHA HERNANDEZ
OB/GYN Team Leader AMPATH Ghana
AMANDA KLINGER
Education Co-Lead AMPATH Ghana
AMPATH TEAM
Rajesh Vedanthan Executive Director AMPATH Ghana rajesh.vedanthan@nyulangone.org
Arielle Hernandez
Assistant Director AMPATH Ghana
arielle.hernandez@nyulangone.org
Morgan Roberts Education Project Coordinator AMPATH Ghana morgan.roberts@nyulangone.org
Abby Safirstein
Manager of Partnerships and Engagement AMPATH Ghana
abby.safirstein@nyulangone.org
Rayza Sison
Senior Program Coordinator AMPATH Ghana
rayza.sison@nyulangone.org
Laud Boateng Executive Site Director AMPATH Ghana laud.boateng@nyulangone.org
Claudia Leung Medicine Team Leader AMPATH Ghana claudia.Leung@nyulangone.org
Sasha Hernandez OB/GYN Team Leader AMPATH Ghana sasha.hernandez@nyulangone.org
Amanda Klinger Education Co-Lead AMPATH Ghana amanda.klinger@nyulangone.org
Ghana Team
Stephen Tabiri
Dean UDS School of Medicine
kstephenba@yahoo.com
Gideon Kofi Helegbe
Vice Dean UDS School of Medicine
kofigidi@yahoo.com
Napoleon Sam
Head of Department of Medical Research and Innovation UDS School of Medicine bnapoleon@uds.edu.gh
Victor Mogre
Head of Department of Health Education and Innovative Learning UDS School of Medicine
vmogre@uds.edu.gh
David Sesime Ahadzi
Principal Health Planner at Policy Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Department Tamale Teaching Hospital
dsesime@yahoo.co.uk
Alhassan Mohammed Shamudeen
Deputy Director and Head of Research and Development Tamale Teaching Hospital amalhassan@uds.edu.gh
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