Impact Driven Initiative for Sustainable Development (IDISD)

STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PALLIATIVE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION IN THE ERA OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN KWARA STATE: THE CSO’s PERSPECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. The outbreak was identified in Wuhan , China, in December 2019, declared to be a p ublic health emergency of international concern on 30th January, 2020 and recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization  (WHO) on 11th March, 2020. According to the WHO, COVID-19 has morphed from a small outbreak to a pandemic, which the WHO deems a public health emergency of international concern and a socioeconomic crisis affecting everyone. Indeed, the virus traveled in a borderless world, and challenged public and private health systems in more than 196 countries. No doubt, the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has posed an unprecedented challenge to governments worldwide. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was announced on 27th February, 2020 when an Italian citizen ...

  A Presentation by Tunde S. Arowolo (Esq) on the 10th of May, 2020, at the IDISD Training Wing   The Overview of the training session is as follows: 1. The Nigerian Legal System, 2.   Litigation, 3. Types/Classifications of Courts in Nigeria with their respective Jurisdiction, 4.   What to consider before instituting civil actions in court, 5. Procedure for instituting Civil and Criminal Actions in Court   1.          THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM: The Nigerian Legal System is classified under the common law system. The country also has its rules of Customary law and Islamic law . The Nigerian Legal System emerges as a unique system equipped with all its Laws and necessary legal machinery in a self-contained sovereign state, such as the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Acts of the National Assembly, etc.   The Nigerian Legal System also provides for what is called Litigation. ...

Impact Driven Initiative for Sustainable Development (IDISD) Uncovers New Strategies to Increase Uptake of HIV Test among Nigerian Youth Since 1988, the world has picked every first of December as a day to spread awareness on HIV and come together to unite against the epidemic. The 2019 World Aids Day was themed, ‘Communities making a difference’ as it became apparent that all hands must be on deck to reduce the problems of HIV epidemic. 1 Some of these problems include death of the persons living with the disease, graduating of HIV to AIDS, increased spreading of the disease and transferring of the virus from mother to child among other problems. The virus was identified in 1984 and, since the beginning of the epidemic, 75 million people have been infected with the HIV virus (sic) and about 32 million people have died of HIV. 2  In 2018, 37.9 million people were recorded to be living with HIV with African region being most severely affected as nearly 1 in every 25 adu...