Introduction
Two Ukrainian troops are huddled in the middle of the night over a drone controller, Inside Ukraine their faces dimly lit by the screen. After a successful hit on a Russian target, one observes, “Oh, something is burning.” CNN has been given unique access to this clandestine expedition, which is part of a carefully organized Ukrainian onslaught near the beleaguered eastern city of Bakhmut.
The Drones of “Code 9.2”
Advantages of Night-time Operations
Modern Western night-vision equipment has given Ukrainian ground forces a major advantage in nighttime operations. However, Kyiv’s ground attack planes do not have the same advantages. The “Code 9.2” drone squad comes into play at this point. Kyiv’s go…
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Are you looking for a new sports betting home? You might be a newbie sports gamer or even an experienced pundit but are disenchanted with your current sportsbook. There are many reasons why you could be considering signing up with a new sports betting agency.
Therefore, the question that begs is, how do you choose a bona fide online sportsbook that will not defraud you of the monies in your bankroll?
What is sports betting?
Before we answer this question, let’s have a quick look at what sports betting is as opposed to other forms of online gambling like slots, poker, and blackjack.
states that sports betting is the “activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.”
Sportsbooks across the globe offer wage…
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BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec 7 2006 (IPS) – While world attention has focused on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, public health experts say that U.S. political interference and declining financial support for family planning, abortion and prevention of other sexually transmitted infections has contributed to shockingly high death and disability rates in developing countries.
Approximately 500,000 women die each year of causes related to pregnancy, abortion and childbirth, 99 percent of them in developing countries, according to the World Health Organisation.
These deaths would not be tolerated in other circumstances, says Dorothy Shaw, senior associate dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
Countries are failing in their…
Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW, Jan 26 2007 (IPS) – Health NGOs and experts are accusing Russia s health and social development ministry of endangering the lives of tens of thousands of infected Russians by altering the list of anti-retroviral drugs the government plans to buy this year.
The activists and experts say government officials surreptitiously replaced cheaper, more effective drugs with more expensive, less effective medications. They allege that negligence and corruption might be behind the changes in the deal.
In a decree, the health ministry quietly replaced some of the so-called first-line drugs -for patients who have not been undergoing treatment for very long with third-line and fourth-line drugs designed for patients who have had the virus for years and …
WASHINGTON, Sep 5 2014 (IPS) – New analysis suggests that developing countries are losing a trillion dollars or more each year to tax evasion and corruption facilitated by lax laws in Western countries, raising pressure on global leaders to agree to broad new reforms at an international summit later this year.
These massive losses could be leading to as many as 3.6 million deaths a year, according to the ONE Campaign, an advocacy group that focuses on poverty alleviation in Africa. Recovering just part of this money in Sub-Saharan Africa, the organisation says, could allow for the education of 10 million more children“Whenever corruption is allowed to thrive, it inhibits private investment, reduces economic growth, increases the cost of doing business, and can lead to politica…
Alicia Ely Yamin is Lecturer on Global Health and Policy Director at the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, and Chair of the Center for Economic and Social Rights.
Health workers in an Ebola screening unit in Kenema government hospital, Sierra Leone. Health systems are not just a means for the technical delivery of goods and services; they are part of the core social fabric of societies. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/Demotix
CAMBRIDGE, Massachussetts, Oct 27 2014 (IPS) – The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many lessons, not least for global anti-poverty efforts. These will culminate in a set of targe…
Veena S. Kulkarni is Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology, & Geography, Arkansas State University, U.S.; Vani S. Kulkarni is Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England
NEW DELHI, Jun 23 2017 (IPS) – Evidence shows that health systems must be recast to accommodate the needs of chronic disease prevention.
Disability is the umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and pa…
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 20 2020 (IPS) – In the fight against COVID-19, success has so far been defined by responses in Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in our region have been hailed as reference points in containing the virus. Yet if the region is to build back better, the success of immediate responses should not distract from the weaknesses COVID-19 has laid bare. Too many people in our region are left to fend for themselves in times of need. This pandemic was no exception. Comprehensive social protection systems could right this wrong. Building these systems must be central to our long-term recovery strategy.
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Africa needs to urgently invest in health programmes to reduce maternal deaths, which is more than five times above the 2030 SDG target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births. Measures include ensuring women access to skilled birth attendants. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPS
ACCRA, Jan 3 2023 (IPS) – As the effects of COVID-19 on Africa’s health sector become clearer, it looks th…