Global Handwashing Day 2022: Educating 1566 Students, 84 Teachers, and 60 Traders
“Life and death are in our hands.”“Clean hands save lives.” Our hands play vital roles in our daily lives. From touching, grasping, holding, and working, they help us spread germs–which are almost everywhere–from person to person. However, this risk of our hands carrying and spreading germs can be managed through proper handwashing procedures. Global Handwashing […]
Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together: Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) continues to pose a major challenge to global health and development. Declared by the World Health Organization as one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity, AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making...
Receiving the Inaugural Africa CDC – DRASA Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers in Africa
In recognition of her role and sacrifice in containing the first case of the West African Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Nigeria, Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (OON), received the first Africa CDC-DRASA Health Trust Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers on Tuesday, December 13th. The award presentation, which marked the official launch of the annual Award […]