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Social Enterprises and the Road to Economic Recovery
Today we attended the 11th Enterprise Development Centre’s (EDC) Annual SME Conference: Re-evaluate, Re-strategize and Reposition: Road to Economic Recovery. Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje, CEO of RTC Advisory Services was the keynote speaker. He noted that though Nigeria has recently exited a 15 month economic recession, our recovery is weak and fragile and many sectors remain troubled. His main […]
It’s Been 3 Years Since Ebola Entered Nigeria
Today marks 3 years since Ebola entered Nigeria. To commemorate this historic day, DRASA hosted a panel discussion titled Public Health: It Starts With Me in collaboration with Quramo Conferences. Our international partners are in Lagos for 1 week to conduct a scoping visit for our simulation training program. Since their visit coincides with the 3 year anniversary of […]
Launch of the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative
Today, a new organization called the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative (GIDI) launched in Lagos with a lecture and dinner event. Dr. Yoav Golan, Dr. Folarin Olubowale (Founder GIDI), Dr. Nadine Regis, Ms. Niniola Soleye (DRASA) GIDI’s goals are to: Raise the awareness of the importance of the speciality of infectious diseases amongst health professionals Provide a scholarship […]
Ebola is Back in DRC: May 2017
There’s an Ebola outbreak in Kinshasa, DRC which is 2,997km or a short 2hr 50mins flight to Lagos, Nigeria. So far 4 people have died. When Nigeria experienced Ebola in 2014, the source was a man who traveled by plane into Nigeria from Liberia. Moral of the story is: Diseases don’t respect borders. They can […]
#ItStartsWithMe School Outreach
Our #ItStartsWithMe Campaign continues! So far we’ve distributed 72,000 bars of soap, 900 pieces of handwash, 6,000 tubes of lotion, and 12,000 pieces of roll on deodorant and reached more than 9,000 students in Lagos to promote clean hands and encourage good hygiene to help prevent the spread of disease. Unilever Nigeria and Kleanmate donated the products to DRASA in support of our #ItStartsWithMe Campaign. At each […]
Iganmu Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Today we did our final #ItStartsWithMe school visit before school ends for the year. We visited Iganmu Senior High School in Mile 2 (Amuwo-Odofin), Lagos. Welcome to Iganmu Senior High School There were more than 900 students at the school (and it wasn’t at full capacity) so we spoke to the students from the 1st floor of […]
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