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 Health Champion (Butcher) Many people […]
When a Hospital Wants to get Prepared, We’re There to Help
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 […]
The Impact of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) on Society
Today we attended a Scientific Conference hosted by Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH) Association of Resident Doctors (ARD). The theme of the conference was The Impact of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) on Society; Perspective from a Patient’s Relative. We were happy to share information about our recently completed training on VHFs for general hospitals in Lagos state as […]