African Communities Public Health Coalition

What African Communities Public Health Coalition does

African Communities Public Health Coalition is a US-domiciled non-profit organization, headquartered in Los Angeles, whose stated mission is to improve community health and wellness. Based on the available source material, the organization is associated with efforts to expand access to evidence-based cancer care in resource-limited settings, working through institutional partnerships rather than commercial channels. Founder, President, and Executive Director Senait Admassu is the only listed member of the leadership team in the provided data.

A significant share of the operational data in the input references the African Cancer Coalition (ACC), an entity explicitly noted in the sources as distinct from African Communities Public Health Coalition. To the extent that activity is attributable to this organization, the profile involves co-development and dissemination of adapted NCCN clinical oncology guidelines — 57 international adaptations covering over 85% of the cancer burden in Sub-Saharan Africa, endorsed by 9 ministries of health, downloaded over 120,000 times, and extended into 13 MENA-adapted guidelines updated biannually. These activities have been conducted in partnership with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society since 2017, and were jointly recognized with the 2026 NCCN Partners in Care Award.

The business model is non-commercial: guidelines are distributed at no direct cost to ministries of health and affiliated healthcare systems via institutional channels, with no disclosed pricing, product revenue, or headcount. As a result, sustainability is most likely a function of grants, donations, and partner-organization support rather than recurring revenue. The source data does not include financial information, funding history, or corporate structure for African Communities Public Health Coalition specifically, so any attribution of the cancer-guideline program to this entity should be treated with caution.

Name

African Communities Public Health Coalition

Website

https://africancoalition.org

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

African Communities Public Health Coalition is a US-based non-profit headquartered in Los Angeles that works to improve community health and wellness, with related activity in adapting and disseminating evidence-based cancer treatment guidelines across Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA through institutional partnerships.

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Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD), Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL), Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL)

Keywords

• Public health coalition
• Community health initiatives
• Nonprofit health advocacy
• Cancer guideline adaptation
• Global health equity

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

African Communities Public Health Coalition is a nonprofit organization that works to improve community health and wellness, with a flagship focus on jointly developing and distributing regionally adapted evidence-based cancer treatment guidelines. Its principal deliverable is a library of 57 NCCN guideline adaptations tailored for Sub-Saharan Africa (covering over 85% of the region's cancer burden) plus 13 MENA-adapted guidelines updated biannually, distributed to ministries of health and healthcare systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NCCN Guideline Adaptations for Sub-Saharan Africa A set of 57 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines adapted from NCCN cancer treatment protocols for use in Sub-Saharan African healthcare systems, distributed to ministries of health and oncology providers operating in resource-limited settings.
• MENA-Adapted NCCN Guidelines A set of 13 NCCN cancer-treatment guidelines adapted for the Middle East and North Africa region, updated twice per year to keep pace with source NCCN updates and applied through regional coordinating centers.
• Guideline Download Distribution Channel Online distribution channel providing free access to the coalition's adapted NCCN cancer-treatment guideline documents for clinicians, ministries of health, and healthcare institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 57 NCCN guideline adaptations covering over 85% of cancer burden in Sub-Saharan Africa
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• American Cancer SocietyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017The African Cancer Coalition and American Cancer Society have collaborated since 2017 to publish 57 international adaptations of NCCN guidelines covering over 85% of the cancer burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership was jointly recognized with the 2026 Partners in Care Award by NCCN.
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Since 2017, the African Cancer Coalition has partnered with NCCN to develop and publish 57 international adaptations of NCCN guidelines for Sub-Saharan Africa, covering over 85% of the region's cancer burden and endorsed by 9 ministries of health.
• MENA-NCCN Regional Coordinating CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe MENA-NCCN Regional Coordinating Center was honored alongside the African Cancer Coalition for leading efforts to adapt NCCN guidelines. The ACC has contributed to expanding guideline adaptations regionally, with 13 MENA-adapted guidelines updated biannually.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Resolve To Save Lives: Global health nonprofit that develops simplified clinical protocols and partners with ministries to implement cardiovascular and epidemic-response programs. Comparable model: technical-assistance NGO creating adapted clinical guidelines adopted by national health authorities.
• City Cancer Challenge (C/Can): Nonprofit supporting cities in low- and middle-income countries to deliver quality cancer care, working closely with ministries of health. Highly comparable mission and stakeholder base focused on cancer in emerging markets.

Direct peers

• American Cancer Society: Flagship co-development partner since 2017 and a leading voluntary health organization focused on cancer globally. Directly comparable because it both funds and co-publishes guidelines with the subject organization and operates the same voluntary-health/grantmaking model.
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): Source of the original clinical oncology guidelines that the coalition adapts. Directly comparable as the content origin and a flagship partner; same cancer-guideline space but focused on U.S./global standards rather than regional adaptation.

Regional players

• World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Region: UN agency setting cancer and NCD guidance for African ministries of health; the natural counterpart/referral point in the same regional policy ecosystem. Comparable as a public-sector health-standards setter working with the same ministries.
• AMREF Health Africa: Africa's largest health NGO, focused on building health workforce capacity and community health systems. Comparable as an African-region health NGO working with ministries, but operates more broadly across disease areas than the cancer-focused coalition.

Broad incumbents

• PATH: Established global health nonprofit that develops evidence-based tools and partners with governments in low- and middle-income countries. Same NGO-plus-technical-assistance model with ministry-level engagement.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): Large global health nonprofit that provides technical assistance and works directly with ministries of health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Highly comparable mission (evidence-to-implementation health interventions) and operating model (NGO partnering with governments).
• Union for International Cancer Control (UICC): Global membership organization advancing cancer control worldwide through advocacy and capacity building. Comparable as a cancer-focused NGO that convenes governments and publishes guidance, but operates at a higher/more global level.
• Partners In Health: Nonprofit delivering health services and training in resource-limited settings, including cancer care in Africa and Haiti. Comparable as an international health-equity organization operating clinical capacity-building programs with government partners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acphcoalition
• Facebookfacebook.com/africanCoalitionLA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/african-communities-public-health-coalition

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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