DRASA and the Lagos State Ministry of Health received a request from Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute-Metta to train their staff. This request came after they heard about the training we did for Lagos state general hospitals. Why did they want training? Because of the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak across the country, FMC Ebute-Metta wanted…
Greater Scholars: Celebrating Heroes and Inspiring Youth
Today we attended the Greater Scholars Inter House Sports Day. A bit different from our usual work, right? Well, Greater Scholars has named each of their student houses after an important person in history and today they chose to unveil the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh House! We were honored to take some time from our…
What Would Happen If Yellow Fever Hit Lagos? We Spent A Week Finding Out
What would happen if yellow fever started spreading in Lagos today? From the 12th to 15th of March, various partners and stakeholders came together to find out during a simulation exercise. What is simulation? Simulation is an imitated or pretend situation. For this exercise, actors were used as patients who showed up at various health…
These Songs from Our Ambassadors Will Make You Want To Dance: DRASA’s Got Talent 2018
Some rapped, some sang, some recited poetry. What are we talking about? Today we hosted our first ever DRASA’s Got Talent Competition for students from 4 secondary schools in Lagos. The students – who are members of the DRASA Health and Hygiene Clubs in their schools – presented a song, rap, poem, or combination of…
Congratulating Newly Trained Practitioners of Basic Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
We’ve got some great news: the first batch of trainees from the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Curriculum Development Project are officially certified! The pilot training course was held from 23rd February to 10th March in Lagos and the 25 trainees included people from various cadres within Nigeria’s health sector including doctors, nurses, and laboratory…