Do you remember EbolaAlert? Today, its founder Dr. Lawal Bakare and his team launched an app called AlertClinic in Yaba, Lagos. www.alertclinic.com The AlertClinic app was created to answer the question: how can we make sure we detect infectious diseases early so that…
From the 16th – 18th of August we attended the 3rd African Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity in Accra, Ghana. The conference was hosted by the Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment (GET) Consortium. Attendees included representatives from the biotechnology,…
Today marks 3 years since Ebola entered Nigeria. To commemorate this historic day, DRASA hosted a panel discussion titled Public Health: It Starts With Me in collaboration with Quramo Conferences. Our international partners are in Lagos for 1 week to conduct a scoping…
Today, a new organization called the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative (GIDI) launched in Lagos with a lecture and dinner event. Dr. Yoav Golan, Dr. Folarin Olubowale (Founder GIDI),Dr. Nadine Regis, Ms. Niniola Soleye (DRASA) GIDI’s goals are to: Speakers included Dr. Nadine…
Thanks to the Nigerian chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI), we spent today at their ScopePedia workshop learning how to increase our project, program and portfolio management capabilities for improved delivery. DRASA was lucky enough to be selected to participate…
Today we visited Obalende, Lagos and engaged female leaders in the community. DRASA in Obalende Why women? Women manage the home, prepare food for their families, and are usually the ones that take care of sick children and husbands. So…