According to updated information, as of 1 October 2020, the balances on accounts of 2,220 health care institutions that provide services under the medical guarantee programme total more than UAH 10 billion. This may attest […]
04.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian Centre for European Policy recently published the World Values Survey 2020 in Ukraine. It measures cultural values, experiences, attitudes, and beliefs about gender equality, family, religion, poverty, and education, as well as health […]
04.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Countries use technologies to inform citizens about problems or needs, to consult about making some decisions and for the decision-making process itself. However, sometimes they are faced with a situation in which they have to choose […]
01.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions occupied by Russia, it is not possible to provide assistance to the population within the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic due to a lack of medicines […]
27.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian hospitals are already experiencing a catastrophic shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients, and medical facilities are not properly provided with medicines and equipment. Therefore, doctors have to choose which patients would receive oxygen to […]
19.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine was ranked 92nd in the world welfare ranking compiled by the international analytical organisation Legatum Institute. That is the worst level among all the Eastern European countries. Ukraine's position is significantly affected by the […]
17.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian government resumed a nationwide quarantine on Monday, 16 November instead of the adaptive quarantine that had been in force during previous months due to the sharp spread of coronavirus infection. New restrictions have […]
16.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Hacker groups from Russia and North Korea have repeatedly carried out cyberattacks on pharmaceutical companies that develop coronavirus vaccines in recent months. Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt reported this. According to him, the attackers tried to gain access to the information of pharmaceutical companies and accounts of vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Members […]
14.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing Ukraine towards its worst recession in decades and may push more than nine million people into poverty. More than 80% of households have lost income, the press service of the […]
12.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The first discussion of the expert online marathon of the Lviv Security Forum, "COVID and Challenges for the International Security Order," took place yesterday. Head of the political party "Samopomich", Former MP Oksana Siroid highlighted […]
11.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko tells the media about possible coronavirus quarantine restrictions based on age: “We want to recommend setting specific hours for seniors. Encourage retail businesses, pharmacies and other stores […]
10.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is moving to the second stage response to the spread of COVID-19 due to the sharp surge of incidences of the disease. The Chief Sanitary Doctor Viktor Lyashko announced this following meetings with the heads of […]
09.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has signed a two-year co-operation agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO). As the Ministry of Health reported, the document outlined the "road map" of Ukraine's co-operation with an […]
06.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
“SOS” stands for “save our souls," which is very much a real topic of current interest since public healthcare in Ukraine will surely not offer much to save the physical health of our bodies. As […]
05.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The result of the public health measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic imposed in Ukraine on 12 March 2020, which was gradually strengthened and weakened, was that Ukraine had not […]
05.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Healthy life expectancy in Ukraine in 2019 was the lowest among European countries, according to the medical journal "Lancet," which published the "Global Burden of Disease Study 2019". One noted that, among other things, the […]
19.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
News about the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 has travelled around the world. Russia is the first country to register a supposedly safe and effective vaccine, and will soon vaccinate its citizens. But science and common […]
15.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The bank accounts of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his family members in Russia, as well as his entrepreneur's account, have been blocked. The Russian politician reported this on Instagram. "They not only stole […]
15.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A critical situation with the coronavirus pandemic is in the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. This was announced by Pavlo Lysyansky on his Facebook page. Lysyansky is the representative of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human […]
11.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian children in the war zone in Donbas have a terrible childhood. Russian aggression and the hybrid war leave no chance for a happy, peaceful youth. 240 children have died here since the beginning of […]
01.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak