Health Equity Accelerator Leadership Society (HEAL)
Global youth-led platform advancing health equity through leadership, research, advocacy, innovation and community action
We are shaping future leaders in health equity and innovation
- About us
The Health Equity Accelerator Leadership (HEAL) Society is a global, youth-led platform advancing health equity through leadership development, research, advocacy, and community action.
Born from the Slum and Rural Health Initiative (SRHIN), HEAL exists to prepare young people, especially students and early-career professionals to design solutions, lead programs, influence policy, and deliver measurable health impact across communities.
We are not just building awareness.We are building leaders, systems, and scalable impact.
- Our Projects & Activities
Project Bridge
A nationwide health equity campaign mobilizing young leaders to deliver community-based health interventions across underserved populations in Nigeria.
Mental Health Campaign
We work to address mental health challenges through awareness, community engagement, and youth-led interventions that foster safe spaces, support systems, and wellbeing.
HEAL Nexus
HEAL Nexus is our flagship convening that brings together students, researchers, advocates, innovators and policy thinkers working to advance health equity.
- Our Hub
Explore Our Global Secreteriat
A Global Secretariat for Systems, Strategy, and Scale
Located in Lagos, the HEAL Society Global Secretariat serves as our operational headquarters, a space where global coordination, governance, partnerships, and program execution come together. It is the home of our leadership systems, documentation, and strategic work across chapters, countries, and regions.
And while the world might not know the name of every changemaker, changemakers mean the world to those that they support
Dr. Isaac Olufadewa
Health Equity is built in quiet moments of service, by people who choose to show up even when no one is watching
Engr. Toluwayemi Ayorinde
- Join HEAL
Give Hope.
Build Systems.
Every chapter, every project, every voice brings health equity closer to those who need it most.”