If the Nigerian economy lost about 4 billion naira due to outbreaks in 2017 alone, how will we prevent additional losses as we continue to have more and more outbreaks? On the 6th of August, we gathered with other representatives from the private sector, the health sector, and civil society to discuss the Nigeria Centre…
Zika Virus is Still in Nigeria and People Exposed to Ebola May Have Immunity
Ebola, Zika, and HIV: all 3 have been (or still are) present in Nigeria. So do Ebola survivors have immunity? Do we have the Zika virus in Nigeria? These were some of the questions raised during the University of Lagos Pro-Chancellor’s Distinguished Endowed Annual Lecture titled “Responding to Nigeria’s Disease Outbreaks and Epidemics: Ebola, Zika…
Merck eHealth Meetup: Digitizing an Offline Industry
On Wednesday 4th of July, we participated in Merck’s inaugural Lagos eHealth Meetup. The goals of the meetup were to provide a platform for conversations around the challenges and solutions in scaling health innovations in West Africa and to serve as a meetup for startups and game-changers in the health sector. DRASA believes in using…
Malaria in Rainy Season: Ronke’s Story
“Rain rain, go away, come again another day, little children want to play,” Ronke and her friends chorused as they played under the rain. After about 30 minutes of a torrential downpour, causing the kids to rush back to their houses as the rain refused to listen to their plea, the rain eventually stopped. As…
Connecting the Dots in the Social Sector
Today we attended a social sector networking event organized by Young Adult Professionals & Entrepreneurs (YAP&E) in collaboration with Philanthropy Circuit and hosted at the Ford Foundation. As a breakfast dialogue, the event provided a platform for a pool of like-minded people working in the social sector to know what other organizations exist in this…
Running for DRASA: Edinburgh Marathon
As an NGO, we rely on contributions from individuals, companies, and funders to support our programs. But DRASA supporter Isaiah Osei-Baidoo decided he was going to contribute in a slightly different way. Isaiah took it upon himself to raise money, and most importantly awareness, in support of DRASA’s work by running the 2018 Edinburgh Marathon…
Ebola Outbreak in DRC: May 2018
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…
DRASA Inducted into a National Steering Committee
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…
Falling Walls: 17 great minds. 3 minutes each. 1 day.
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…
Visiting US Congress: House Resolution 342
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…
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