Feb
10
We are pleased to announce that we have been selected to be a part of the African Visionary Fund 2022 Cohort 3 visionary partners. After receiving over 800 applications from across the continent, DRASA, alongside 9 other organizations, made the final selection. This is our first win for the year...
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Dec
15
In recognition of her role and sacrifice in containing the first case of the West African Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Nigeria, Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (OON), received the first Africa CDC-DRASA Health Trust Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers on Tuesday, December 13th. The award presentation, which marked the official...
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Nov
26
“Years ago, before antimicrobials were discovered, simple cases of boils, diarrhea, or wounds from surgeries could lead to death. If Antimicrobial Resistance is uncurbed, a time will come when infections will no longer be treated with the drugs we have now.” – Dr. Zaharat Kadri-Alabi Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) continues to pose...
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Oct
17
“Life and death are in our hands.”“Clean hands save lives.” Our hands play vital roles in our daily lives. From touching, grasping, holding, and working, they help us spread germs–which are almost everywhere–from person to person. However, this risk of our hands carrying and spreading germs can be managed through...
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Oct
12
On Tuesday, 11th October 2022, Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh received the Posthumous National Honor of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). This was conferred by His Excellency, President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Adadevoh has now joined other prominent awardees found worthy of the...
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Sep
21
“Drugs should be used in the right doses, for the right diagnoses, on the right patient, and at the right time. If we don’t obey these rights, potions can very quickly become poisons. It’s a very thin line.” –Dr. Asekhame Sonny Isemede Medications play a critical role in achieving the ultimate...
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Jul
15
“Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. …When the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say ‘We have done this ourselves.” –Lao Tzu Imagine if it was possible for all travelers moving from...
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Jul
11
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.” –Frederick Douglass Since 2018, we have engaged with young school children through our Health and Hygiene Clubs, where they learn healthy habits that stop the spread of diseases and promote these habits to those around them. In this...
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Jun
20
Arts Meets Health, As DRASA Ambassadors Create Supergerms in Comic Illustrations “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle As part of our learning methods for the Health and Hygiene Clubs we established in 30 secondary schools in Osun and...
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Jun
05
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. –Edward Everett Hale For us at DRASA, the first half of the year provides us an opportunity to review how close we are to our goals, while paying attention to how far we have come. While we keep...
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