Our Team & Partners
GHSI is powered by a dedicated team and strategic partnerships that bring together clinical expertise, community health experience, and grassroots reach.
Leadership
Mavis Amegah-Dorr
Dr. Joana Amegah
Leonora Ahorkonu / Edem
Prince Osei Agyemang, PharmD, MPH
Ekua Yeboah, MD, MPH
Dr. Maame Araba Oduro, MBChB, MPH
Growing Team
GHSI is actively onboarding additional team members and advisors as the initiative approaches pilot launch, including specialists in data and follow-up coordination, clinical advisory, and health financing. Updated team profiles will be added as onboarding is completed.
Open Positions
GHSI is currently recruiting for the following roles to support our upcoming pilot.
Interested candidates may contact us at info@ghanabloodpressure.org
Strategic Partnerships
GHSI leverages partnerships to prevent duplication and build capacity within existing programs. Our partners bring deep community roots and specialized expertise.
SASNET-Ghana
SASNET-Ghana leads community health educator training through the Training of Trainers model, equipping local volunteers with the knowledge and skills to deliver culturally grounded hypertension education across Greater Accra. SASNET-Ghana brings deep experience in community-based health education and grassroots mobilization in Ghanaian communities.
Akoma+ Foundation
Akoma+ Foundation supports community mobilization and volunteer coordination, connecting GHSI's screening events to the neighborhoods and market communities where they take place. Akoma+ brings established relationships with community leaders and experience in health-focused outreach programming.
PHAIG (Public Health Alliance International Ghana)
PHAIG supports GHSI's pilot implementation in the Greater Accra Region, providing on-the-ground operational capacity, regulatory navigation, and community health infrastructure. Led by Dr. Prince Samuel Nuamah, PHAIG brings established relationships with Ghana's health institutions including the National Health Insurance Authority.
Archdiocese of Accra
Through the Archdiocese of Accra's Directorate of Health, led by Fr. Peter Rocky Hesse, GHSI accesses a network of four Catholic health facilities and 62 parishes across Greater Accra. The church partnership anchors GHSI's community education model through trusted faith-based institutions with deep community roots.
MedExplain Health / Weill Cornell Medicine
MedExplain Health, led by Dr. Monika Safford at Weill Cornell Medicine, provides the PALS (Peer and Lay health worker Support) curriculum methodology that forms the foundation of GHSI's training materials. Their evidence-based approach to community health education has been adapted for the Ghanaian context in collaboration with SASNET-Ghana.