Category: News

Have you heard? There’s an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As of the 18th of May there were 45 cases and 25 deaths and the virus had spread from isolated rural areas of DRC to a city of 1.2 million people. We all need to remain alert because infectious diseases don’t…

Yesterday we attended the launch of the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project in Abuja and the Honorable Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole inducted DRASA into the National Steering Committee for the project! We are very excited to support this 5 year, World Bank-funded project which aims to respond to the gaps identified…

Today we attended Falling Walls Lab Lagos, an event that supports ideas and innovations from academics. Hosted by the German Consulate Lagos, the Nigerian arm of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the University of Ibadan, it was the first-ever Falling Walls event in Nigeria so we were excited to be there. What is Falling…

On April 5th and 6th, we did a bit of advocacy work as we supported the Frontline Health Workers Coalition with visits to congressional staff on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA. The goal of the visits was to lobby in support of the bipartisan introduction of House Resolution 342. The goal of House Resolution…

On the 5th of April, DRASA participated in the Health Heroes +SocialGood: Empowering Health Workers Worldwide event hosted by the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, Johnson and Johnson, and the United Nations Foundation. The goal of the event was to inspire action and investment to address critical challenges and solutions in the health workforce. More than…

From April 4th – 5th we attended the Africa Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Technical Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was held at the African Union. What is AMR? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and some parasites) to stop the drugs that…

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…