Use Nigeria's 200,000 Religious Centres as Public Health Infrastructure

In Nigeria, trust in religious leaders consistently outpaces trust in government health officials. During COVID-19, the fastest health behaviour changes happened when religious leaders endorsed them — but there was no system to rapidly equip 200,000 religious centres with accurate health information simultaneously. That infrastructure gap cost lives. Your challenge is to design a health messaging platform that distributes verified, locally relevant public health messages through Nigeria's network of registered mosques, churches, and other religious centres. It must work via WhatsApp and SMS, allow the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to push messages within 24 hours of a health event, support translation into at least six Nigerian languages, and include a feedback mechanism so religious leaders can report what is and is not working. Submit a platform design document (max 10 pages) including: the message distribution architecture, religious centre onboarding and verification process, language translation approach, NPHCDA integration design, feedback mechanism, and a plan to reach 50,000 religious centres in 12 months. Judging criteria: 35% speed and breadth of distribution design, 30% language and cultural localisation, 20% feedback mechanism, 15% onboarding plan.