Ama Akoto-Boateng

Articles by Ama Akoto-Boateng

  • Hospital Micro Pantry Delivers Wholeness to the Community

    Hospital Micro Pantry Delivers Wholeness to the Community

    Addressing basic needs is core to AdventHealth’s promise to help people feel whole.  At UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook, one way this commitment comes to life is through a micro pantry, a 24/7 resource placed outside the emergency room that provides nonperishable food and essential items to about 200 patients and neighbors each week.  Cecille Truver, the hospital’s director…

    Ama Akoto-Boateng
  • Grace in a pandemic

    Grace in a pandemic

    God works in mysterious ways. When I boarded an 11-hour flight to travel over 5,000 miles from Ghana, West Africa, to the U.S. in December 2019, I did not know I would soon experience some of the most incredible milestones in my life.

    Ama Akoto-Boateng
  • Health equity highlighted as top priority

    Health equity highlighted as top priority

    The World Health Organization has, since its inception in 1948, endorsed health as a fundamental right for all, regardless of race, religion, political belief, economic status or social condition.

    Ama Akoto-Boateng