Universal Holistic Healthcare (UHH) is a 501c3, Missouri nonprofit, founded by Afua Bromley, DACM, L.Ac.,, in 2008, that works to promote integrative healthcare services to underserved and under-resourced communities both domestically in the United States and globally.
UHH has completed numerous projects in St. Louis, MO, including an integrative HIV/AIDS clinic(which later expanded to offer services for the entire community and acupuncture detox for substance abuse), low-cost acupuncture services through collaboration with Community Health In Partnership Services (CHIPS) clinic for uninsured/underinsured, community education health workshops, and STI prevention education events. 2025 has been busy in both the United States and in Ghana.
Sankofa Integrative Medicine Clinic and Community Healthcare Worker Training Center in Kukurantumi, Ghana, West Africa.
The Training Center will help educate a cadre of community health workers holistically trained in health promotion, disease prevention (priorities around HIV/AIDS, COVID-19) and treatment of uncomplicated and non-severe illnesses, such as cases of malaria, diarrhea, mild pain management techniques, and malnutrition (particularly maternal and child nutrition) in the community. The public health worker training program timeline is closer to 2030 given the amount of infrastructure that needs to be created and deepening of collaborative relationships that need to happen. In 2025, UHH put in a borer hole well, water storage tank and enclosed the Training center property with a concrete wall for better security.
May 2025 Tornado Relief – St Louis, MO
On May 16, an EF3, mile-wide tornado devastated much of the north side of St Louis, Missouri, displacing thousands of St Louisans who found their homes/cars/belongings damaged and/or destroyed. An estimated 5000 structures were impacted. UHH, in collaboration with the volunteers from the Acupuncture Association of Missouri, InPower Institute, and the 314Oasis provided acupuncture (and other services) at local outdoor disaster relief sites 1-3 days/week from May 19-Sept 30. UHH, as fiscal sponsor of, and in collaboration with InPower Institute continues to provide community relief, healing programs, and support of impacted residents and volunteer care providers. The InPower Institute’s Crisis Relief/Tornado Relief continues to operate and evolve into longer term community crisis management and healing as many residents are still in temporary housing or transitional housing. The current government shutdown has created an additional level of angst for many who are still awaiting assistance/information from FEMA related to the tornado.
Virtual Health Empowerment Education Platform
UHH is creating a virtual (mostly free) education platform that will provide a reliable source of easily accessible, culturally responsive, holistic, supplemental health information about the prevention and management of disease and obtaining optimal health and well-being, especially to those who are underserved or marginalized. The platform also seeks to increase the visibility of those practicing traditional forms of medicine/healing, presenting them as equal resources and providers of care. The virtual health empowerment platform is still under construction, while working on the creation of content. The initial focus of the 3–5-minute educational videos will be on prevention and integrative medical management of diabetes and hypertension. Volunteer practitioners from various disciplines are needed to create content. If you are interested in helping create content, please reach out to me at afua@universalholistichealth.org.
Community Health Clinic in Ettokrom, Ghana
UHH also continued fundraising to help complete a small rural health clinic in Ettokrom, Ghana. Construction has been ongoing and should be complete by January 2026. The facility will have 3 public health nurses and will serve as the launch site for the supplemental integrative medicine training curriculum for the nurses in 2026. The clinic will serve 3000-5000 people in Ettokrom and the surrounding areas.
Looking forward to 2026
In 2026, we anticipate completion and opening of the Ettokrom clinic in the first quarter of the year. The integrative training program for the public health nurses will begin late 2026/early 2027. UHH will continue its role as fiscal sponsor and organizational mentor for emerging nonprofits with similar values and mission (InPower Institute, DogTown Community Garden) as they transition into independent 501c organizations. Donations for the Ettokrom clinic OR InPower Institute’s Community Crisis Relief Project can be made on the UHH website . Please specify which project you’d like to fund. Anyone interested in volunteering to contribute to the virtual health empowerment platform, please contact me at afua@universalholistichealth.org. To donate or for more information on Universal Holistic Healthcare, please go to www.universalholistichealth.org.