Category: News

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

On the 27th of February, we co-hosted a Social Media Week Lagos panel titled What’s Your Story? The Power of Storytelling to Drive Social Change. Panelists for the discussion included DRASA’s Managing Director Niniola Soleye; Toyin Adesola, Founder and Executive Director of Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI); Joel Benson, documentary/film maker; Wana Udobang,…

The actions of an innocent 2-year-old boy in a Guinean village led to the deaths of more than 11,300 people. And the actions of one brave female doctor in Lagos, Nigeria stopped an Ebola outbreak in its tracks and saved countless lives. Click below to listen to our Managing Director Niniola Soleye tell their stories…

Today we attended a Scientific Conference hosted by Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH) Association of Resident Doctors (ARD). The theme of the conference was The Impact of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) on Society; Perspective from a Patient’s Relative. We were happy to share information about our recently completed training on VHFs for general hospitals in…

Yesterday we participated in GEN Nigeria’s Closing Ceremony for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). It was a fun event celebrating innovation and entrepreneurship alongside some great food, music, and dancing! But the highlight for us was announcing the winners of our #HackTheGerms Innovation Competition. Last month, we hosted the #HackTheGerms Pitching Session for our 5 semi-finalists…

Today we attended a roundtable for the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Curriculum Development Project. University of Lagos College of Medicine, Exxon Mobile, US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), CDC Foundation, and Project HOPE have come together to develop a standardized curriculum for infection prevention in Nigeria. So what’s the IPC curriculum all about? The…