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 […]
Our second 4 Youth By Youth (4YBY) Youth Series post recognizes our wonderful youth Dr. Chieyine Nelson. Dr. Nelson participated in the 2019 4YBY event and is now a medical doctor and the co-founder of the Bili App, a social media app that allows people to create and join artistic challenges or trends, and Privi […]
For our very first Youth Series post, we, 4 Youth By Youth (4YBY), are delighted to recognize Ojo Victor Oluwaseun. Victor started as a participant in the 2019 4YBY Designathon and is now a supervisor of our nationwide study (4YBY RCT implementation). We welcome you to read about Victor and his accomplishments and view his […]
At 4 Youth By Youth (4YBY), we seek to develop creativity in our youth. We yearn to enhance the development of innovative ideas through our crowdsourcing open calls, bootcamps, and designathons and plant the seed of discovering artistic and novel solutions to today’s problems. We are excited to announce the start of our “Youth Series” […]
The mission of 4 Youth by Youth (4YBY) is to continue to push youth-engaged research forward. Youth-participatory research gives voice to youth and allows freedom of expression and formulation of new ideas that may otherwise be missed. When thinking about new health solutions, such as HIV self-testing (HIVST), promoting youth-engaged findings about such solutions allows […]
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