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Month: June 2016

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Unilever Nigeria/Lagos Business School: Building Sustainable and Profitable Businesses Event

2016-06-29Newsdrasa_admin

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…

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State Senior Grammar School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit

2016-06-29#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

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….

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#IDFridays Week 18: Yaws

2016-06-24#IDFridaysdrasa_admin

This tropical disease affects the skin and bones and the spiral bacteria that cause it are closely related to the bacteria that cause the sexually transmitted disease syphilis Name Yaws Transmission Yaws is part of a group of chronic bacterial infections called treponematoses The sexually transmitted disease syphilis is also part of this group, but…

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New Era Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit

2016-06-23#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

Another day, another #ItStartsWithMe school visit, and more happy students ready to stay clean and healthy with the products Unilever Nigeria kindly donated to DRASA for this school campaign. Check them out: Today at New Era Senior High School we spoke to the students about the importance of washing their hands and keeping good hygiene…

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Surulere Girls’ Senior Secondary School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit

2016-06-22#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

The girls at Surulere Girls’ Secondary School were active participants in today’s #ItStartsWithMe school visit. Check out two students posing with our “Clean Hands Save Lives” banner: The students were very eager to volunteer and after learning a bit from us, they took the microphone and led us through the rest of the visit. They…

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#IDFridays Week 17: Guinea Worm Disease

2016-06-17#IDFridaysdrasa_admin

These parasitic worms are known as “fiery serpents” for the sensation they cause Name Guinea Worm Disease (also known as dracunculiasis) Transmission The disease is caused by a parasite – a worm known as the Guinea worm which is transmitted to humans through contaminated drinking water When someone drinks from a source contaminated with the Guinea…

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Obele Community Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit

2016-06-16#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

The students at Obele Community Senior High School have a lot of energy! We visited them today for our #ItStartsWithMe campaign and we must say, they have some of the best singers we’ve seen yet. The students were very involved with our mini presentation and eager to volunteer. They were happy to learn about handwashing…

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Stadium Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit

2016-06-15#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

Despite today’s rainy weather, we made it to Stadium Senior High School in Surulere, Lagos for another #ItStartsWithMe campaign school visit. Instead of meeting with the entire school in an assembly, we held a small session with class prefects and senior students to review our health and hygiene content. As we usually do, we taught…

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Young Reader’s Literary Morning

2016-06-10#ItStartsWithMe, News, Youth Engagementdrasa_admin

Today we attended the first inaugural Young Reader’s Literary Morning which brought together 200 primary school students from all over Lagos. The event was hosted by Mango Books/Quramo Publishing Limited and the focus was to promote reading and writing among children. At DRASA we know how closely tied education and health are, and we’re always…

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#IDFridays Week 16: Diphtheria

2016-06-10#IDFridaysdrasa_admin

This bacteria produces a poison that can spread around the body Name Diphtheria Transmission An infection caused by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria People become infected through direct physical contact with an infected person: Inhaling respiratory droplets from the infected person coughing or sneezing Touching open sores/skin lesions of an infected person (rare) Geography Worldwide but…

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DRASA Health Trust is a public health organization working with government, local and international partners, community leaders, students, and health workers to promote adequate sanitation and hygiene, reduce and prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and strengthen Nigeria’s health security and emergency preparedness.

DRASA was established in memory of the late Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh who identified and contained Nigeria's first Ebola patient, preventing a major outbreak, but lost her life in the process.

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  • Five Nigerian Women in Health Security: Why We Love Them 08/03/2023
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  • Receiving the Inaugural Africa CDC – DRASA Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers in Africa 15/12/2022
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  • Global Handwashing Day 2022: Educating 1566 Students, 84 Teachers, and 60 Traders 17/10/2022

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