It may have a funny name, but the monkeypox virus is not a laughing matter. Name Monkeypox Virus Transmission The virus spreads between wild animals (primates, squirrels, rodents) and humans Human-to-human transmission is also possible You can get infected through direct contact with infected humans or animals (blood, body fluids, skin, bites) You can also […]
What is #IDFridays? Infectious Disease Fridays (#IDFridays for short) was our year-long blog series. We highlighted one infectious disease each Friday for one full year. Check out all 52 weeks of our #IDFridays posts in the gallery below and visit our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts for more. '
We recently attended an event convened by our partners at the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. At the event, they shared their latest Lassa fever research breakthroughs. ACEGID does cutting-edge research into infectious diseases and has been involved in Lassa fever for years. They performed […]
Today we visited The Mustard Seed Centre for our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. The students at the Centre ranged in age from 15 months to 8 years old. We spoke to them about why they need to wash their hands and did demonstrations with them to show the proper way to wash their hands. We also taught them a […]
On Tuesday October 20th 2015, we brought together more than 500 people including health professionals, government representatives, businessmen and women, the media, and more to celebrate one year of Nigeria’s Ebola-free status and the heroes and heroines that made it possible. This was also the official DRASA launch event. At the DRASA launch event, which […]
30 September 2015 UNFPA Headquarters, New York City As part of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, DRASA attended two events. United Nations General Assembly: First Event The first event, titled “Bringing resilience and stability to Nigeria: A long-term strategy to improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition” was hosted […]