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Category: News

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Five Nigerian Women in Health Security: Why We Love Them

2023-03-08Newsdrasa_admin

‘Response to outbreaks is weakened where female talent, expertise and diverse perspectives are excluded’ – Roopa Dhatt Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, women have been doing back-breaking work to strengthen Nigeria’s public health systems: from being homemakers to often being the first-level caregivers to making up a greater ratio of healthcare providers. Unvoiced, unheard, over-mentored…

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Have you Heard About the Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria?

2023-02-22News, Outbreak Preparednessdrasa_admin

There is a bacterial infection currently making people sick across Nigeria. It’s called diphtheria and so far 216 people have been infected and 40 have died in 4 states: Kano Yobe Osun Lagos Diphtheria is a serious infection caused by a bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae which produces toxins that make people sick. The bacteria infects…

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Receiving the Inaugural Africa CDC – DRASA Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers in Africa

2022-12-15Awards and Recognition, Newsdrasa_admin

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…

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Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together: Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

2022-11-26Antimicrobial Resistance, DRASA Ambassadors, Newsdrasa_admin

“Years ago, before antimicrobials were discovered, simple cases of boils, diarrhea, or wounds from surgeries could lead to death. If Antimicrobial Resistance is uncurbed, a time will come when infections will no longer be treated with the drugs we have now.” – Dr. Zaharat Kadri-Alabi Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) continues to pose a major challenge to…

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Global Handwashing Day 2022: Educating 1566 Students, 84 Teachers, and 60 Traders

2022-10-17#ItStartsWithMe, Community Outreach, DRASA Ambassadors, Newsdrasa_admin

“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…

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2022 National Honors List: Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh Receives Officer of The Order of Niger Award

2022-10-12Awards and Recognition, Newsdrasa_admin

On Tuesday, 11th October 2022, Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh received the Posthumous National Honor of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). This was conferred by His Excellency, President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Adadevoh has now joined other prominent awardees found worthy of the various prestigious national honors conferred…

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Walking The Talk On Medication Safety: Collaborating With Federal Ministry of Health, Others, To Celebrate World Patient Safety Day

2022-09-21Infection Prevention and Control, Newsdrasa_admin

“Drugs should be used in the right doses, for the right diagnoses, on the right patient, and at the right time. If we don’t obey these rights, potions can very quickly become poisons. It’s a very thin line.” –Dr. Asekhame Sonny Isemede Medications play a critical role in achieving the ultimate goal of healthcare: to…

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Making People Part of the Process: Strengthening Cross-Border Collaborations for Health Security Through Community Involvement

2022-07-15Health Security, Newsdrasa_admin

“Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. …When the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say ‘We have done this ourselves.” –Lao Tzu Imagine if it was possible for all travelers moving from one country to another…

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Art Meets Health as DRASA Ambassadors Create Supergerm Comic Illustrations

2022-06-20Antimicrobial Resistance, DRASA Ambassadors, Newsdrasa_admin

Arts Meets Health, As DRASA Ambassadors Create Supergerms in Comic Illustrations “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle As part of our learning methods for the Health and Hygiene Clubs we established in 30 secondary schools in Osun and Lagos States, 900 DRASA…

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Reflections from 2021: Our Journey and Impact So Far

2022-06-05Newsdrasa_admin

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. –Edward Everett Hale For us at DRASA, the first half of the year provides us an opportunity to review how close we are to our goals, while paying attention to how far we have come. While we keep working to bring new…

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  • Receiving the Inaugural Africa CDC – DRASA Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers in Africa
  • Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together: Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
  • Global Handwashing Day 2022: Educating 1566 Students, 84 Teachers, and 60 Traders

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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.

Recent Posts

  • Five Nigerian Women in Health Security: Why We Love Them 08/03/2023
  • Have you Heard About the Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria? 22/02/2023
  • Receiving the Inaugural Africa CDC – DRASA Continental Award for Emergency Health Workers in Africa 15/12/2022
  • Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together: Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 26/11/2022
  • Global Handwashing Day 2022: Educating 1566 Students, 84 Teachers, and 60 Traders 17/10/2022

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