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Kiribati’s lead-acid battery recycling system highlighted at Clean Pacific Roundtable

7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - A commercial operation to recycle used lead-acid batteries in Kiribati, where 7000 tonnes of toxic waste has been removed from the island over a twenty year period, could be replicated and used in other Pacific...

Climate champions in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Indonesia and Kiribati recognized at COP29 for local climate adaptation

Winners of the 2024 Local Adaptation Champions Awards featured four innovative initiatives empowering communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, November 13, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Four winners of the 2024 Local...

Kiribati Tourism Takes a Sustainable Leap with Historic Policy Launch

In a momentous event that will shape the future of Kiribati’s tourism landscape, the Kiribati Tourism Sustainable Policy (KTSP) was officially launched on January 13, 2024, at the Betio Sport Complex in Tarawa. This groundbreaking initiative...

Solomon Islands and Australia Partnership in Health – Enhancing Health Information Systems across the country

Solomon Islands and Australia Partnership in Health – Enhancing Health Information Systems across the country The Ministry of Health and Medical Services recently received 14 desktop computers from Australia, valued at SBD253,000. The event took...

Guide to Optimal Nutrition for Vegans

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PacWastePlus commissions incinerator improving management of healthcare waste in Kiribati

28 May 2024, Tarawa - Communities in Kiribati can now count on better management of healthcare waste on the island thanks to the recent commissioning of an incinerator for the disposal of medical waste at the Ronton Hospital, Kirimati. The...

Health grateful for the donations of 2 ambulances and 4 dental chairs from Jiangmen Committee Mission team

The Health Minister Dr. Culwick Togamana today (28 October 2023) thanked Jiangmen Committee Mission team for their timely and generous donation of 2 ambulances and 4 dental chairs to the Honiara City Council (HCC). The handover ceremony took place...

PRESS RELEASE – Pacific Heads of Health: Weave the health mat with threads of action.

The 15th Pacific Heads of Health Meeting (PHoH) convenes in Apia, Samoa today, and was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Samoa, Honourable Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa and Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional...

Serving World Health Means Innovating

Team Rubicon has responded to disasters all over the world, bringing medical care and water, sanitation, and hygiene support to communities in over 30 countries. In the 14 years since Jake Wood joined an ad hoc team of veterans and formed Team...

Kiribati calls for a strong global commitment to upstream measures to solve the plastic crisis

1 June 2023, Paris France – Thirty-three coral atolls and islands are dispersed among the three groups that form Kiribati, which are the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix islands. Covering a land area of 810km2, the island groups are spread over a vast...