Hello

Public health student building VitaLink, healthcare infrastructure for Africa.

Portrait of Fredrick Akojuru
(My story)

Istartedoutwritingcode.ItrainedasasoftwareengineeratAPTECHinAbuja,thenspentafewyearsbuildingwebsitesandwebappsforchurches,smallbusinessesandfriendswithideas:arecipeappforAfricanfood,acateringsite,amentorshipplatformfornewdevelopers.Ittaughtmehowtoship,andhowtolistentothepersonwhowillactuallyusewhatIbuild.

Publichealthcamenext,anditchangedwhatIwantedtobuild.StudyingatMivaOpenUniversity,Ikeptmeetingthesameproblemfromdifferentdirections:recordsthatliveonpaperandgetlostbetweenclinics,patientsretellingtheirhistoryateveryvisit,outbreakdatathatreachesdecisionmakersweekslate.Thoseareinformationproblems,andinformationproblemsarewhatIknowhowtoworkon.

ThatiswhereVitaLinkcomesfrom.ItbeganasSwitchHealthin2024andhasgrownintoahealthcareoperatingsystem:onepatientidentity,onerecord,andthereportingtoolspublichealthteamsneed.Inearly2026mySIWESplacementwithTheLeprosyMissionNigeriaputmeonthePROSKINproject,aroundleprosyandskinNTDsurveillance,andIbuilttheorganisation'soperationsplatformalongsideit.

Next,Iwanttogodeeperintoresearch.IamwritingonAIadoptioninpublichealthandondigitaldatasystemsforfamilyplanning,andIplacedsecondattheISS2026AIHackathonrunbyIHVN.AfterIgraduateinDecember2027Iplantodoamaster'sthatbringshealthdata,epidemiologyandsoftwaretogether.

(Services)

Myworksitswherehealth,softwareandvisualcommunicationmeet.Mostprojectsneedmorethanoneofthose,soIdoallofthem.

Health Technology

Idesignandbuilddigitalhealthsystems:patientidentity,medicalrecords,diseasesurveillanceandtheadmintoolsaroundthem.MostofthisworklivesinsideVitaLink.

01Health platforms and EMR workflows
02Disease surveillance and case reporting tools
03Role-based access and privacy designed in from the start

Web Development

Full-stackwebappsandwebsitesfororganisations,fromanNGOoperationsplatformtoayouthconventionportalandachurchwebsite.Ihandlethewholebuild:interface,database,authenticationanddeployment.

01Next.js, React and TypeScript front ends
02Supabase, PostgreSQL and Node.js back ends
03Deployment, transactional email and analytics

Design

Brandidentities,campaigngraphicsandinterfacedesign.IdesignedVitaLink'sbrandkitandahealthawarenesscarouselseriesforTheLeprosyMissionNigeria.

01Brand kits and visual identity
02Social media and campaign graphics
03UI design and prototypes in Figma

Photography

Photographyforpeople,eventsandorganisationsinAbuja.TellmewhatyouneedandIwillplantheshootwithyou.

01Portraits
02Events and programmes
03Brand and organisation shoots

FRONTEND

8 Technologies
JavaScript

JavaScript

TypeScript

TypeScript

React

React

Next.js

Next.js

Redux Toolkit

Redux Toolkit

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS

Bootstrap

Bootstrap

GSAP

GSAP

BACKEND & REAL-TIME

5 Technologies
Supabase

Supabase

Node.js

Node.js

Express.js

Express.js

Socket.io

Socket.io

Firebase

Firebase

DATABASE & ORM

4 Technologies
Supabase Postgres

Supabase Postgres

MongoDB

MongoDB

Mongoose

Mongoose

MySQL

MySQL

DEVOPS & CLOUD

6 Technologies
Vercel

Vercel

Docker

Docker

GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions

AWS

AWS

Nginx

Nginx

Linux

Linux

AI, TESTING & TOOLS

9 Technologies
Gemini AI

Gemini AI

Jest

Jest

Zod

Zod

Stripe

Stripe

Cloudinary

Cloudinary

Resend

Resend

Git

Git

Postman

Postman

Figma

Figma

Where I study

2024 to Dec 2027 (expected)
Education

BSc Public Health

Miva Open University

Focus on health information systems, data analysis, public health interventions and community health programmes.

Education

Diploma in Software Engineering

APTECH Abuja

Web development, database management, software engineering and UI/UX design.

(Research)

  • 2026

    Submitted

    Adoption of artificial intelligence in public health: an umbrella review

    A structured umbrella review, following PRISMA-ScR, that synthesises six review studies on how artificial intelligence is being adopted in public health. It went through several rounds of supervisor and committee review before submission.

    APHTReS conference

  • 2026

    AI and digital data systems for family planning: a scoping review

    A PRISMA-ScR scoping review for Sub-theme 6 of the conference, on artificial intelligence and digital data systems in family planning. Written with a ten-person team.

    9th Nigeria Family Planning Conference (NFPC 2026)

  • 2026

    Completed

    PROSKIN project: leprosy and skin NTD surveillance

    SIWES placement with The Leprosy Mission Nigeria from January to March 2026, supporting surveillance work on leprosy and other skin neglected tropical diseases.

    The Leprosy Mission Nigeria

Where I work

2024 to Present
Experience

Founder & CEO

VitaLink

Healthcare operating system and infrastructure platform for Africa, formerly Switch Health. I lead product and engineering.

Jan 2026 to Mar 2026
Experience

SIWES placement

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria

PROSKIN project: leprosy and skin NTD surveillance. Also built DOHRMP, the organisation’s operations platform.

Present
Experience

Freelance developer & designer

Independent

Websites, web apps and brand work for churches, NGOs and small businesses.

(Awards)

  • 2026

    2nd place, ISS 2026 AI Hackathon

    IHVN / IRCE 4th Annual Scientific Symposium

    Track 1: AI-assisted infectious disease screening, built in Python and Streamlit on a dataset released at the event.