{"id":1549,"date":"2026-09-09T15:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylurah.com\/resources\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:04:42","slug":"mylurah-campus-ambassador-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylurah.com\/resources\/mylurah-campus-ambassador-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"MyLurah Campus Ambassador Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyLurah Launches Founding Student Ambassador Programme to Champion Women’s Health on Campuses in Nigeria and the UK<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A first-year university student sits in a lecture hall, quietly Googling symptoms she’s too embarrassed to ask her doctor about. She’s not alone across campuses in Lagos, London, and beyond, thousands of young women are navigating menstrual health, fertility questions, and reproductive wellbeing with more confusion than clarity, often without a trusted place to turn. MyLurah is betting that the fastest way to close that gap isn’t another app download campaign, it’s peer-to-peer trust, built by students, for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Campus Ambassador Programme About?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MyLurah, a women’s health platform built to serve Black and African women through every stage of their health journey, from menstrual health to fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond, has officially launched its first Student Ambassador Programme. The four-month pilot initiative recruits university students to build community, share trusted health education, and gather real feedback from their peers, with the goal of making women’s healthcare more accessible on campuses where it’s often missing entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why It Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The need behind this kind of grassroots health education isn’t abstract. Black and African American women continue to experience disproportionate rates of pregnancy-related complications and infant mortality, with research documenting a maternal death rate of 42.4 per 100,000 live births during 2011–2016, more than three times the rate recorded for white non-Hispanic women [1]. Health information technology and community-based education have been identified as tools with real potential to help close that gap, particularly when the information reaches women early and consistently, before pregnancy or health complications arise [2]. Compounding the problem, Black women remain significantly under-represented in the biomedical research that shapes modern healthcare, with close to 80% of participants in genomic studies still of European descent [3], leaving major gaps in the evidence base clinicians rely on for women who look like the students. MyLurah is now recruiting to lead this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s precisely the gap peer-led health education is positioned to help close, not by replacing clinical care, but by making trusted, accurate information reachable before women hit a crisis point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Programme, In Brief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Running for four months with a flexible 3–5 hour weekly commitment, Founding Ambassadors will build MyLurah communities on campus and run awareness activities, all while earning mentorship, a certificate of completion, networking opportunities, and a gift card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success from this pilot will determine whether the programme expands to more universities across Nigeria and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t Wait, Get Involved<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Peer-led health education works because it meets students where trust already exists, in dorm rooms, group chats, and campus events, not just clinics. If you’re a university student who wants to lead that kind of change on your campus, this is the entry point.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apply to become a MyLurah Founding Student Ambassador<\/strong> at www.mylurah.com, or follow @MyLurah on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn to see the movement grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Njie, F. et al. Study protocol for the implementation of the Gabby Preconception Care System — an evidence-based, health information technology intervention for Black and African American women. PMC<\/em>. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7504872\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Njie, F. et al. Study protocol for the implementation of the Gabby Preconception Care System — an evidence-based, health information technology intervention for Black and African American women. PMC<\/em>. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7504872\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Disparities In Healthcare For Black Women. EndoFound<\/em>. https:\/\/www.endofound.org\/the-disparities-in-healthcare-for-black-women<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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