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Dec 09

Tackling AMR: Co-Creating a Unified Campaign to Combat an Ongoing Pandemic

In our ongoing efforts to address one of the most pressing global health threats, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), DRASA recently participated in the Media-EIS Fellowship Co-Creation Workshop. This workshop, designed to empower fellows in media advocacy, focused on developing a unified AMR campaign for Nigeria. Over the course of two days,... read more →
Nov 28

Nigeria’s One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP) 2.0 Launch

“AMR is not just a threat in Nigeria, it goes beyond numbers and has many faces. From the babies with Colistin-resistant bacteria to the communities in Nigeria with water sources containing antibiotic-resistant genes to the poultry meat harboring potentially resistant salmonella, AMR is here with us and it is real.”... read more →
Nov 26

Training Primary Healthcare Workers on Standard Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Practices: A Tour Of Ikorodu Local Government Area, Lagos

Up to 90% of health services needed by a person in a lifetime can be provided by a Primary Healthcare Centre - USAID  Earlier this year, we toured the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos state, training and building the capacity of primary healthcare workers on Infection Prevention and... read more →
Nov 23

Building Climate-Resilient Communities Through Health Innovation: DRASA Health Trust at the 2024 Future of Health Youth Pre-Conference

On October 23, 2024, we hosted a side event at Nigeria Health Watch’s Future of Health Youth Pre-Conference in Abuja. With the pre-conference theme "Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems Through Youth Innovation," the conference brought together youth leaders, climate experts, and health advocates to discuss the increasingly critical link between climate... read more →
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Aug 12

Strengthening Community Health and Grassroots Disease Surveillance: The SCKaR-IDP Project

“I have learned a lot about infectious diseases, for example, when we see anyone around us showing symptoms of an infectious disease like measles, we will advise them to go to the hospital or call the number of Disease Surveillance Notification Officers as seen on the pocket card.” – Community... read more →
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