Year 2017

Ebola is Back in DRC: May 2017

There’s an Ebola outbreak in Kinshasa, DRC which is 2,997km or a short 2hr 50mins flight to Lagos, Nigeria. So far 4 people have died. When Nigeria experienced Ebola in 2014, the source was a man who traveled by plane…

There’s a Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria

Meningitis

Did you know there’s an outbreak of meningitis C in Nigeria? Read on to learn about this infectious disease and find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones. HOW MENINGITIS SPREADS The bacteria that cause the disease spread from person-to-person through droplets…

Celebrating 25 Years of ADCEM

Today we attended ADCEM Pharmaceutical’s 25th anniversary celebration titled “Social Enterprise in Healthcare.” ADCEM has been a supporter of DRASA from the beginning and we were honored to be part of such a milestone event. So what is a social enterprise?…

#IDFridays Week 52: MRSA

This tough bacteria known as MRSA is often called a super bug because it’s so hard to treat NameMRSA aka methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (pronounced mur-sah) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period1 – 10 days Signs and SymptomsMRSA most often causes skin infections that appear…

#IDFridays Week 51: The Plague

Also known as The Black Death, the plague is 1 of the oldest identifiable diseases known to humans NamePlague aka The Black Death Transmission GeographyWorldwide (the bacteria can be found all over the world, especially in the tropics/subtropics and warmer…

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