Background In 2020, the Global Research, Implementation, and Training (GRIT) Lab at the University of Southern California was forced to quickly shift its large community-based youth public health training programs to respond to the COVID-19 realities. This resulted in the implementation of the Youth Public Health Ambassador (YPHA) program, initially launched in Lira district, Uganda, and since expanded to include Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. The program serves as a model for other youth-focused, community-based public health education, research, and policy advocacy programming effective in both rural and urban settings. Program components The YPHA Program consists of a multi-year training initiative led by public health students and professionals from East Africa and the United States. The program identifies and empowers youths (aged 18–24) as peer educators, data collectors, and agents of change. The program consists of three distinct components: basic public health education, implementation of a community-based participatory research study, and community outreach and
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