Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘MEET THE TEAMS’; we have an exciting read for you! Hello, we are Team Knack Health, and this is our story and experience as participants of the 4YBY Prep4Youth competition 2022. Team Knack Health is a team of four young 500-level medical students who, in their own ways, care […]
Team VITA comprises five young amazing individuals with diverse skills and interests. First, there is Simpa Lawal. Simpa is a multi-talented guy, a 4th-year medical student at the University of Ibadan (UI). He is a writer par excellence, an orator, and interestingly, a chorister. He’s the funny one who gets everyone laughing and then brings […]
Welcome to the blog again! We hope you are in good health, achieving your goals, and preparing for the future effectively. As we shared the last time, we want you to experience what our contests are like. In today’s post, we would be introducing you to one of our top seven finalists – TEAM DREAM! […]
Introducing our spotlight team for September, who also double as our winners for both the Designathon and Innovation Bootcamp 2022, the first to achieve this feat since inception, ladies and gentlemen… the admirable TEAM BINTA! Take our dramatic introduction as our way of welcoming you to the latter half of September! Can you believe we […]
Adolescents and young adults (14-24 years old) in low and middle-income countries are often neglected in designing youth-friendly health services, especially HIV self-testing and preventive services. The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), 4YouthByYouth (4YBY) teams, Saint Louis University researchers, and University of North Carolina researchers organized a designathon, a 72-hour time-bound, co-created event where participants […]
Fifty-four youth of 15 teams participated in 4 Youth By Youth’s third Designathon event at the Digital Bridge Institute in Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria. The PrEP4Youth Designathon was centered around designing innovative and unique solutions to promote PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and deliver PrEP solutions among Nigerian youth. Youth aged 17-24 years old collaborated in teams of […]
4 Youth by Youth PrEP4Youth Designathon, April 8-10, 2022: Promotion and Delivery of PrEP in Nigeria
Youth aged 14-24 years old are most vulnerable to HIV infection and suffer high rates of HIV-related deaths [1]. Fortunately, significant strides have been made to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 succeeding decades of work. In Nigeria, the HIV prevalence among individuals aged 15-49 years old is 1.4% [2]. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a preventative […]
A new year. A new list of goals. A new set of opportunities. A fresh mindset. An open heart. A focused mind. We are hopeful, grateful, and ready for what’s to come this year. The new year is the ideal time for reflection. The past two years have been life changing. Life changing in the […]

The VOICE study team is thrilled to announce the results of our open call on ideas to improve youth consent for HIV research participation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)! Youth in LMICs face a high burden of HIV morbidity and mortality. It is thus of utmost importance to include young people in HIV research […]
Our Youth Series continues with our third post delegated to Ponmile Ogunjemite. Ponmile is a lively, motivated, young individual looking to make valuable contributions to her home country of Nigeria through entrepreneurship and the development of innovations. Ponmile began her journey with 4YouthByYouth (4YBY) in 2019 as a participant in the research on HIV/AIDS. She […]