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Zika Virus is Still in Nigeria and People Exposed to Ebola May Have Immunity
Ebola, Zika, and HIV: all 3 have been (or still are) present in Nigeria. So do Ebola survivors have immunity? Do we have the Zika virus in Nigeria? These were some of the questions raised during the University of Lagos Pro-Chancellor’s Distinguished Endowed Annual Lecture titled “Responding to Nigeria’s Disease Outbreaks and Epidemics: Ebola, Zika and […]
Merck eHealth Meetup: Digitizing an Offline Industry
On Wednesday 4th of July, we participated in Merck’s inaugural Lagos eHealth Meetup. The goals of the meetup were to provide a platform for conversations around the challenges and solutions in scaling health innovations in West Africa and to serve as a meetup for startups and game-changers in the health sector. DRASA believes in using technology […]
Malaria in Rainy Season: Ronke’s Story
“Rain rain, go away, come again another day, little children want to play,” Ronke and her friends chorused as they played under the rain. After about 30 minutes of a torrential downpour, causing the kids to rush back to their houses as the rain refused to listen to their plea, the rain eventually stopped. As […]
Connecting the Dots in the Social Sector
Today we attended a social sector networking event organized by Young Adult Professionals & Entrepreneurs (YAP&E) in collaboration with Philanthropy Circuit and hosted at the Ford Foundation. As a breakfast dialogue, the event provided a platform for a pool of like-minded people working in the social sector to know what other organizations exist in this […]
Running for DRASA: Edinburgh Marathon
As an NGO, we rely on contributions from individuals, companies, and funders to support our programs. But DRASA supporter Isaiah Osei-Baidoo decided he was going to contribute in a slightly different way. saiah took it upon himself to raise money, and most importantly awareness, in support of DRASA’s work by running the 2018 Edinburgh Marathon […]
Ebola Outbreak in DRC: May 2018
Have you heard? There’s an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As of the 18th of May there were 45 cases and 25 deaths and the virus had spread from isolated rural areas of DRC to a city of 1.2 million people. We all need to remain alert because infectious diseases don’t […]