Today we attended Falling Walls Lab Lagos, an event that supports ideas and innovations from academics. Hosted by the German Consulate Lagos, the Nigerian arm of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the University of Ibadan, it was the first-ever Falling Walls event in Nigeria so we were excited to be there. What is Falling […]
On April 5th and 6th, we did a bit of advocacy work as we supported the Frontline Health Workers Coalition with visits to congressional staff on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA. The goal of the visits was to lobby in support of the bipartisan introduction of House Resolution 342. The goal of House Resolution 342 […]
On the 5th of April, DRASA participated in the Health Heroes +SocialGood: Empowering Health Workers Worldwide event hosted by the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, Johnson and Johnson, and the United Nations Foundation. The goal of the event was to inspire action and investment to address critical challenges and solutions in the health workforce. More than 150 people […]
From April 4th – 5th we attended the Africa Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Technical Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. What is AMR? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like a bacteria, virus, or parasite) to stop the drugs that treat it – such […]
DRASA and the Lagos State Ministry of Health received a request from Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute-Metta to train their staff. This request came after they heard about the training we did for Lagos state general hospitals. Why did they want training? Because of the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak across the country, FMC Ebute-Metta wanted to be […]
Today we attended the Greater Scholars Inter House Sports Day. A bit different from our usual work, right? Well, Greater Scholars has named each of their student houses after an important person in history and today they chose to unveil the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh House! We were honored to take some time from our […]