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Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh Prize for Best Grade in Biology 2016
Today at the LearnAfrica/NECO Excellence Awards, we presented the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh Prize for Best Grade in Biology to the top biology student in the country: Ikechukwu Augustine Enemoh. Congratulations Ikechukwu! Every year since 2012, the LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation has hosted the excellence awards to honor top performing students in the country. In […]
Celebrating Global Handwashing Day 2016
Today, October 15th is Global Handwashing Day! To celebrate, we partnered with Ikeja Electric and Kleanmate to visit 6 schools and had more than 1,100 students all over Lagos state washing their hands at the same time. As usual, our goal was to use our #ItStartsWithMe campaign to educate students on the importance of handwashing as an […]
To Prepare, or Not to Prepare? That Is the Question
We’ve already defined “preparedness” for infectious disease outbreaks so now that we know what it is, the question is should countries prepare? And if so, how? Let’s start with some reasons why countries should prepare for potential outbreaks: OLD AND NEW INFECTIONS: There are so many new/emerging and reemerging infectious diseases all over the world, we cannot […]
Global Health Champion: Dr. Ernest Madu
On Thursday we attended a lecture and award presentation for Dr. Ernest Madu, a Nigerian clinician and leader in global health. Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s newly launched Center for Global Health (DRASA is collaborating with the Center for our infectious diseases simulation training), the event was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Madu, Founder […]
Unilever Nigeria/Lagos Business School: Building Sustainable and Profitable Businesses Event
Today we attended an event convened by Unilever Nigeria, a supporter of our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. Unilever Nigeria partnered with Lagos Business School to host the interactive session with Unilever Plc’s Global CEO, Mr.Paul Polman. The event took place in Lagos and focused on operating businesses in a sustainable and responsible way. Here are some of the […]
State Senior Grammar School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Today we did our final #ItStartsWithMe school visit before school ends across Lagos state for summer holidays. It was a very special visit because we went to State Senior Grammar School in Surulere, a school for hearing impaired students. To help us communicate with the students, a teacher used sign language to translate our talk. This helped […]