On Tuesday October 20th,
the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust’s inaugural event
brought together health professionals, government representatives,
businessmen and women, high-profile individuals, and more to celebrate
one year of Nigeria’s Ebola-free status and the heroes and heroines that
made it possible.
At the fundraising/launch event,
held at the Civic Centre in Lagos, DRASA unveiled a public health
awareness campaign called #ItStartsWithMe and announced plans and
collaborations for 2 projects.
Attendees
included the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN represented by the
Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Linus Awute;
Lagos State Governor, represented by his Special Adviser on Primary
Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga; and Lagos State Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Jide Idris.
Kaline
Akinkugbe and Darey Art Alade provided musical entertainment for the
evening and Aderonke Adebanjo from SmoothFM and Oluwaseun P. Olaniyan
from NigeriaInfoFM were the MC’s.
All
donations from the evening will be used to implement DRASA’s vision to
support Nigeria’s healthcare system through simulation training in
ethics and infectious diseases and outbreak preparedness/response, both
of which are urgent needs in the health sector.
About the Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust
Dr. Ameyo
Stella Adadevoh was the doctor who correctly diagnosed and contained the
first Ebola patient in Nigeria in 2014. As a result of her keen
perception, courage, and steadfastness, all subsequent Ebola cases in
Nigeria could be traced to a single path of transmission originating
with the first patient. This is what differentiated the outbreak in
Nigeria from the outbreaks in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and
Nigeria was declared Ebola-free on October 20th 2014.
The Dr.
Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust is a nonprofit working with
partners and collaborators to improve and advance healthcare in Nigeria,
particularly in the areas of infectious diseases and ethics, both of
which Dr. Adadevoh gave her life for. DRASA strives
to connect funding and resources, implementing organizations and
associations, and the areas of greatest need in the health system.
Website: http://www.drasatrust.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/drasatrust/
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To learn more, please contact Ms. Niniola Soleye, Managing Director, nsoleye@drasatrust.org
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