In the ever-evolving world of spirits, innovation and creativity are key to standing out. Fireball Dragnum is a testament to this, blending the allure of champagne aesthetics with the familiar, fiery taste of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. This unique concoction presents itself in a sleek, glass bottle that could easily be mistaken for a bottle of bubbly, yet it offers a drinking experience entirely its own.
Champagne-Inspired Design
The first thing that strikes you about Fireball Dragnum is its appearance. Encased in a stylish glass bottle, it immediately evokes the elegance and sophistication of champagne. This design choice is deliberate, catering to those who appreciate a touch of class in their beverages. The bottle’s sleek lines and refined look…
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 14 2006 (IPS) – How strong of a role do family habits play in the recurrence of bouts of asthma or diarrhea in children? Are repeated accidents in a school related to flawed building design? Are there links between learning disabilities and pollution?
To answer these and other questions, Argentina s Ministry of Health and the Environment and the city of Buenos Aires Secretariat of the Environment have begun setting up pediatric environmental health units (known here as UPAs), run by multidisciplinary teams specialising in child environmental health.
The first UPA is operating in the Pedro de Elizalde pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires, and teams have also begun working in three other hospitals in the capital and in several provinces. …
Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE, Mar 15 2011 (IPS) – When the ban on traditional birth attendants was lifted last year, pregnant women quickly appeared at Dorothy Chirwa s door in Malombe village in Mangochi, a district on the southern shores of Lake Malawi. Chirwa was among the thousands of TBAs banned from providing women with care in 2007.
The Ministry of Health imposed the ban, attributing the country s high maternal mortality rate to a lack of skills on the part of traditional birth attendants. TBAs, the ministry said, were not capable of quickly recognising obstetric emergencies cases and were failing to provide measures to prevent transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborn children.
During the three years that TBAs were banned, cases of life-threatening complicati…
The Supreme Court has extended its ban on clinical trial of 162 new drugs till Dec. 16, 2013. Credit: epSos.de/ CC BY 2.0
KOLKATA, Nov 5 2013 (IPS) – More than 2,500 Indians have died in the course of clinical trials in recent years, government figures reveal.
According to an affidavit filed by the health ministry in the Supreme Court in response to a petition by health NGOs, there were 80 deaths due to clinical trials between January 2005 and June 2012. Between July 2012-August 2013 nine more such reported deaths occurred, making this total 89, according to the petitioner Swasthya Adhikar Manch (SAM), a health rights forum. Compensation was paid in 82 cases.
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A water kiosk in Blantyre, Malawi. Activists argue that water and sanitation must be a stand-alone goal in the post-2015 framework. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 2014 (IPS) – The United Nations is on the verge of releasing a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) perhaps 17 or more to replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which will run out by the end of 2015.
The proposed new SDGs, which will make amends for the shortcomings of the MDGs, will be an integral part of the U.N. s post-2015 development agenda which, among other things, seeks to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger from the face of the earth by 2030.”Why not have a t…
Relief workers and aid agencies are worried about the security, protection and psychological health of women and children in post-disaster settings. Credit: Naresh Newar/IPS
DABI, Nepal, Aug 27 2014 (IPS) – Living in a makeshift tarpaulin shelter, which barely protects her family from the torrential rainfall or scorching heat of this remote village in southern Nepal, 36-year-old Kamala Pari is under immense stress, worrying about her financial security and children’s safety.
The family’s only house and tiny plot of farmland were completely destroyed by the massive landslide on Jul. 2 that struck the village of Dabi, part of the Dhusun Village Develop…
Survivors at a workshop in Pader, northern Uganda. Thousands of women were raped during Uganda’s civil war but there have been few government efforts to assist them. Credit: Rosebell Kagumire/IPS
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 2014 (IPS) – Nearly two dozen health, advocacy and faith groups are calling on President Barack Obama to take executive action clarifying that U.S. assistance can be used to fund abortion services for women and girls raped in the context of war and conflict.
The groups gathered Tuesday outside of the White House to draw attention to what they say is an ongoing misreading by politicians as well as humanitarian groups of four-decade-old legislation. That la…
This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8.
Rohingya refugee women in Jammu, India. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS
JAMMU, India, Mar 6 2018 (IPS) – In the semi-lit makeshift tent covered with strips of cardboard, five women sit in a huddle. As their young children, covered in specks of mud and soot, move around noisily, the women try to hush them down. Hollow-eyed and visibly malnourished, all the women also appear afraid.
Aged 19-30, they have two things in common: one, they are Rohingya refugees from Myanma…
Francesco Grigoli and Damiano Sandri are economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)*
COVID-19: UNESCO– Solutions for Distance Learning
The contribution of voluntary social distancing was larger in advanced economies where people can work from home more easily or can even afford to stop working thanks to personal savings and social security benefits.
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 12 2020 (IPS) – One enduring lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that any lasting economic recovery will depend on resolving the health crisis.
in the latest World Economic Outlook shows that government lockdowns—while succeeding in their intended goal of lowering infec…
ROME, Oct 19 2021 (IPS) – ‘COVID 19 has multiplied hunger and malnutrition challenges. We need transformative action!’ The first speaker at the UN Committee on World Food Security’s (CFS) 49th Plenary Session, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, turned the spotlight on the disastrous impacts of the pandemic that have afflicted communities around the world for close to two years.
Nora McKeon
He was echoed by the presenter of the 2021 edition of the State of for whom ‘COVID is only the tip of the iceberg’, while keynote speaker, Jeffry Sachs, emphasized the multifaceted nature of the crisis, with chronic poverty and conflict at the center.
Delega…