04/05/2026
THE DESIGNATHON WINNERS ARE...
Drumroll π₯
72 hours. 10 teams. Endless passion for women's health. Meet the winners of the designathon, reimagining HPV self-testing! ππΎ
π₯ 1st Place | Team HerTest ( β¦1,000,000) - Reimagining HPV self-testing as a social experience where a woman and her friends test together in Enugu community. Community, care & sisterhood. π
π₯ 2nd Place | Team SafeHer (β¦800,000)
Leveraging community pharmacists & patent drug vendors across Lagos to put HPV self-testing within every woman's reach. π
π₯ 3rd Place | Team Eagles (β¦600,000)
Meeting women where faith meets community, through churches, mosques & CBOs in Abakaliki. ππΎ
ποΈ Consolation Prize was presented to Team Itoju & Team Lavender - β¦300,000 each
β¨ All Top 5 teams will advance to our Innovation Bootcamp later this year. The real work begins now!π
To all 10 teams, our judges, partners, facilitators, hosts, peer mentors, local organizing team, P*s, investigators and every single person who poured their energy into making this happen. THANK YOU. You are the reason this movement grows. πβ€οΈ
Together we can eliminate
Once again, congratulations to all teams.
π¬ Which solution would YOU use or recommend to a friend? Tell us in the comments!