INSPIRE Blog
When Rio Came Together to Co-Create: Youth, Health, and Research at AIDS 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Written by Nomujuni Neale Natukwatsa, INSPIRE Youth Advisory Board Co-ChairWhat happens when young people, researchers, health practitioners and community stakeholders from different countries, institutions and lived experiences come together in...
Breaking Language Barriers: A Bilingual Approach to HIV Information
Written by Emily Hickner-Mantia, Operations Manager for INSPIREIn Spring 2025, the Youth Against HIV was one of ten teams selected out of hundreds to bring their vision to life through the INSPIRE Designathon. We appreciated their thoughtful...
My Summer as an INSPIRE Youth Health Intern
Written by Diya KosanaWhen I joined the INSPIRE Engagement Core this summer, I expected to learn about how communities are engaged in global health research prior to and during a study. What I did not initially realize was the extent of the work...
Finding the Perfect Match: How Speed Dating Sparked Cross-PATC3H-IN Collaborations
Written by Emily Hickner-Mantia, Operations Manager for INSPIRESpeed dating for singles may have gone out of style with the rise of dating apps but INSPIRE still sees its value as a matchmaking process for research collaborations. As the...
Building Multi-State Modeling Capacity Across PATC3H-IN
At the 2026 PATC3H-IN Annual Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, the INSPIRE Methods Core hosted a hands-on multistate modeling session — Modelling HIV Retention and Re-engagement in Care in Sub-Saharan Africa. This interactive workshop, led by...
Youth Voices at the Center: Reflections from the PATC³H-IN INSPIRE Annual Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria
By: Nomujuni Neale Natukwatsa & Aishat Adedoyin KoledowoFrom May 4–7, 2026, researchers, policymakers, implementers, and young people from across Africa gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the annual meetings of the Prevention and Treatment Through...
Designed for Scale: Winning Ideas to Accelerate Lenacapavir Uptake Among Youth in Africa
Photos by Tobi Ishola. Eight dynamic teams of research and community collaborators journeyed across Africa — converging on Lagos, Nigeria for the second annual INSPIRE Designathon Sprint. The energy was electric from the moment teams arrived,...
Strengthening HIV Prevention and Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Across Africa: The PATC³H-IN Network
Written by Progress Agboola Over the past few decades, the world has made major progress in the fight against HIV. Advances in prevention, testing, and treatment have transformed HIV from a life-threatening disease into a condition that can be...
From Surviving to Thriving: The BeYOUtiful Mindz Movement
Written by the BeYOUtiful Mindz Team | South AfricaMore Than Just a Project For far too long, mental health conversations, especially among adolescents and young people, have been whispered in corners, shaped by stigma, or ignored altogether. But...