Experts representing private and public clinics and related businesses have teamed up to develop and launch a program to develop preventive medicine and support the health of Ukrainians in wartime.
As the head of the Health Support Program and GAMA CONSULTING, Adviser of the Russian National Institute for Preventive Medicine Yevhen Shagov said at a press conference in Kyiv, the need to develop the program is caused, in particular, by the needs of wartime medicine. The press conference was attended by experts from Kundiiev Institute of Occupational Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, the Oxford Medical clinic (Kyiv), Biotus.ua and the medical online hub DOC.UA, which are members of the initiative working group, which activities are aimed at the development of preventive medicine in Ukraine.
“Education and medicine are under the pressure of martial law and Russian aggression, and this cannot but have consequences. The education system has managed to transform during the pandemic, in healthcare we need to take this experience into account. We already see that war and chronic stress have an extremely negative impact on various aspects of health. All this is happening amid declining wealth of Ukrainians and the fact that a significant part of Ukrainians are abroad, where they often have a language barrier and lack high-quality health insurance to effectively take care of their health,” he said.
According to Shahov, chronic acute stress that a person faces in a war leads to an imbalance in the endocrine system, which causes emotional and physical burnout, decreased performance, and sleep disturbance. Moreover, stress is the cause of immune suppression, exacerbation of chronic diseases, the development of a number of new pathologies, up to oncological diseases. According to Shahov, this can be prevented by an effective and accessible system of preventive medicine: “There is no way to cancel stress, but it is possible to increase the stress resistance of Ukrainians.”
He noted that the goal of the program was to develop an effective “health basket,” which will include, among other things, personally selected vitamins and microelements. Monitoring the health status of patients, taking medications, adjusting all components of the prevention program can be carried out using online tools and distance medicine.
According to Shahov, the development of the program and the “health basket” began even before the war, its creation was announced in 2020 by President Volodymyr Zelensky. At present, its authors have already accumulated a sufficient amount of information about its positive impact on health.
The world’s leading experts in Anti-Age Medicine, Age Management, specialists from private and public medical institutions of our country took part in the work on the program.
According to Deputy Director of Kundiiev Institute of Occupational Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Iryna Sysoyenko, the issue of including preventive medicine in the general healthcare system is currently very relevant.
“In the conditions of martial law and the emergency load on the healthcare system, it is especially important to prevent the occurrence of diseases in time. Timely diagnosis allows us to detect the accumulation of heavy metals and harmful substances in the body, and preventive measures will prevent serious diseases in the future,” she said.
Sysoyenko noted that the institute, in particular, has toxicological laboratories and can clearly determine the presence of harmful substances in the human body.
In turn, General Director of the Oxford Medical clinic (Kyiv) Tetiana Shvyriova emphasized that with the start of military aggression, people began to seek medical help not only in urgent and emergency conditions, but also in a state of stress, psychological instability and “misunderstanding what they have to do with their chronic diseases.”
“Some people were cut off from doctors, from pharmacies, but they had to continue to be observed and receive consultations about their health. We see what months of lack of opportunity for people to receive qualified help amid acute stress lead to,” she said.
According to Director of Biotus.ua Dmytro Hrekulov, his company plans to expand the already existing production of Ukrainian vitamin drugs based on the recommendations developed by the project experts.
According to Olena Hrytsai, head of medical booking at DOC.UA, it will be possible to get recommendations and become a member of the program using the DOC.UA medical online hub platform.
“Now DOC.UA receives about 5 million requests from patients per month, and 40% of them are related to stress management, so the initiative is very relevant,” Hrytsai said.
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The agreement between the National Bank of Poland and the National Bank of Ukraine, under which Ukrainian refugees could exchange cash hryvnia for zlotys from the end of March, is terminated on September 10.
According to the press service of the NBU on Tuesday, over more than five months of the program, Ukrainians in Poland exchanged about UAH 680 million for zlotys, including UAH 383 million in April and UAH 30 million in August.
Stock indices of the largest countries in Western Europe show weak and multidirectional changes during trading on Tuesday.
The composite index of the largest enterprises in the Stoxx Europe 600 region by 11:27 Moscow time increased by 0.15% and amounted to 413.99 points.
The German DAX indicator rose by 0.07%, the British FTSE 100 – by 0.2%, the Spanish IBEX 35 – by 0.03%. The French CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the Italian FTSE MIB shed 0.33%.
Traders this week are looking forward to the meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB), which will be held on Thursday. At a meeting in July, the European Central Bank raised rates for the first time in 11 years, by 50 bp at once. The base interest rate on loans was raised to 0.5%, the rate on deposits – to zero, the rate on margin loans – to 0.75%.
The volume of orders of industrial enterprises in Germany in July fell by 1.1% compared to the previous month, the German Ministry of Economics reported.
Analysts on average expected a decline of 0.5%, according to data from Trading Economics. In June, according to revised data, the indicator fell by 0.3%, and not by 0.4%, as previously reported.
Shares of Volkswagen AG rise in price by 2.7%. The German carmaker has confirmed its intention to list the shares of luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche AG. The IPO could be the largest in German history and the largest in Europe since 1999, according to Refinitiv data.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG added 0.3% in price. The German airline will continue negotiations with the pilots’ union to avoid a strike that would lead to the cancellation of numerous flights.
Finnair Oyj’s shares are up 0.5%, although the Finnish carrier cut passenger numbers by 12% in August compared to the previous month.
Among the growth leaders among the components of the Stoxx Europe 600 index are shares of the German food delivery service Delivery Hero SE, which added 7.5%.
In addition, shares of Polymetal International PLC (+7.4%) and British bakery chain Greggs PLC (+6.7%) are steadily rising in price.
Demand for rental housing in the capital in August increased by 30-40% compared to the previous month, for the purchase of residential real estate by 45%, the press service of the Park Lane real estate agency reported.
“We are seeing a significant increase in demand, as pent-up demand has formed over the past six months, which is now being realized. Autumn has always been an active season, and this year, despite the circumstances, we see activity in the market,” explains Victoria Barabash, CEO of Park Lane Academy of Sciences, the words of which are given in the press release.
According to her, demand is affected by the return to the capital of those who previously temporarily left Kyiv due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
“The number of calls and transactions in the rental market has reached pre-war levels,” Barabash said.
Demand in the rental market is observed mainly for apartments in different districts of the capital costing 10-20 thousand UAH. The most popular are 1-3-room apartments with an area of 45-70 sq. m.
“Requests of tenants have not changed significantly compared to the pre-war period. The greatest interest is still in apartments in new buildings, most often with their own territory, parking. Also, a certain percentage of tenants are interested in apartments in early construction houses. However, the main selection criterion is high-quality repairs and comfort of living,” Barabash clarifies.
If we talk about buying a home, the most active demand is for 1-3-room renovated apartments. About 70%, as at the end of 2021, falls on housing in new buildings. Most buyers are interested in Pechersky, Solomensky, Shevchenkovsky, Goloseevsky, Darnitsky districts, according to a press release.
“We are seeing an increase in demand, an increase in the number of applications, starting from the beginning of August. Regarding the level of discounts, they are exclusively individual and depend on the situation of the owner and his willingness to discount,” Barabash states.
In her opinion, the dynamics of demand makes it possible to talk about optimistic forecasts for the market and the activity of the autumn season.
The Park Lane real estate agency was registered in Ukraine in 2006 and is part of the First Realty Group corporation.
The international reserves of Ukraine as of September 1, 2022, according to preliminary data, amounted to $25 billion 436 million (in equivalent), which is 13.6% more than at the beginning of June ($22.757 billion), according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine, published in Tuesday.
“As of September 1, 2022, Ukraine’s international reserves, according to preliminary data, amounted to $ 25.436 billion. In August, they grew by 13.6% due to the receipt of a significant amount of international assistance against the backdrop of the country’s moderate debt payments in foreign currency and smaller interventions by the National Bank to sell foreign currency “, the controller explained.
As reported, in June, the fall in reserves amounted to 1.6%, or $371.5 million.
The regulator clarified that net international reserves in August increased by 26.6%, or $3 billion 342 million, to $15.917 billion, while in July they fell by 2.9%, or $377 million (to $12.575 billion).
According to the National Bank, in August the dynamics of international reserves was affected by assistance from foreign partners and operations to manage public debt. In particular, foreign exchange receipts to the accounts of the Ukrainian government with the NBU in August amounted to $4.788 billion, including from the United States – $3 billion, from the EU – $1 billion, from Canada – $349.3 million, from Italy – $205.6 million, from the placement domestic government bonds – $99.6 million, from other creditors – $87.4 million.
The total volume of board payments for servicing and repaying state debt in foreign currency amounted to $171.9 million, including $165.4 million directed to repay debt to international creditors, $6.5 million – to service government bonds.
In addition, Ukraine transferred $221.1 million to the IMF.
International reserves were also affected by NBU operations on the interbank market. In particular, they sold $1.641 billion on the foreign exchange market and bought $311.7 million into reserves, due to which the balance of interventions was negative and amounted to $1.33 billion.
It is indicated that the sale of foreign currency by the Central Bank decreased due to the adjustment of the official exchange rate to UAH 36.57/$.
In addition, the reserves were affected by the revaluation of financial instruments, in particular, their decrease by $16.4 million.
“The current volume of international reserves provides financing for four months of future imports, which is enough to meet the obligations of Ukraine and the current operations of the government and the National Bank,” the bank said.
As reported, at the beginning of 2022, Ukraine’s international reserves amounted to $30.941 billion, net international reserves (NIR) – $20.767 billion.
At the request of the prosecutors of the Podolsk district prosecutor’s office in Kyiv, asphalt concrete plants belonging to Belarusian companies were arrested and transferred to the management of ARMA, the Kyiv city prosecutor’s office reports.
A message posted on the prosecutor’s telegram channel on Monday indicated that the value of the transferred assets was about UAH 120 million.
“The investigation established that a number of companies specializing in various types of road works operate in Kyiv, as well as in the Zhytomyr and Nikolaev regions. The Republic of Belarus is the ultimate beneficial owner of these companies,” the prosecutor’s office of the capital informs.
The report notes that as part of the investigation, the activities of these companies are being studied with a view to misappropriating state budget funds allocated for the construction, reconstruction and repair of roads, followed by legalization of funds and withdrawal abroad. Also, as indicated in the message of the prosecutor’s office, possible financing of actions with the aim of seizing state power, changing the boundaries of the territory or the state border of Ukraine is being checked.
“During the investigation, three asphalt concrete plants, which are located in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Mykolaiv regions and belong to the mentioned companies, were arrested and transferred to the management of the National Agency of Ukraine for the identification, search and management of assets obtained from corruption and other crimes,” the source informs. prosecutor’s office.
Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings is carried out based on the materials of the Central Office of the SBU.
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