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, biosecurity, and biobanking industries; health economists; bioethicists; engineers; government representatives... read more →
Aug
19
Jul
20
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 visit for our simulation training program. Since their visit coincides with... read more →
Jul
07
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: Raise the awareness of the importance of the speciality of infectious diseases amongst... read more →
Jun
17
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 in a one-day capacity building training for non-profit organizations. PMI... read more →
Jun
10
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 changing and improving hygiene and sanitation habits in homes and... read more →
May
17
Our #ItStartsWithMe campaign continued today with a visit to Iponri Estate Senior High School in Surulere, Lagos. We gathered the students on the assembly grounds and spoke to them about the importance of good hygiene and handwashing to stay clean and healthy. The students were very eager to volunteer and... read more →
May
16
Today we visited Surulere Senior Secondary School for our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. We spoke with the students about the importance of personal hygiene, why handwashing with soap is important, the critical times to wash hands, and length of time to wash hands. We also got them to participate in some team... read more →
May
16
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 into Nigeria from Liberia. Moral of the story is: Diseases... read more →
Apr
14
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 from the nose and throat. For example, when an infected... read more →
Apr
13
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? A social enterprise is a business with a double bottom... read more →