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Kiribati’s lead-acid battery recycling system highlighted at Clean Pacific Roundtable
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2024
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
EIN Presswire
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November 13, 2024
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...
Solomon Islands and Australia Partnership in Health – Enhancing Health Information Systems across the country
Solomon Islands Government
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September 1, 2024
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...
Kiribati Tourism Takes a Sustainable Leap with Historic Policy Launch
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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February 4, 2024
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...
Guide to Optimal Nutrition for Vegans
College of Naturopathic Medicine
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June 21, 2024
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PacWastePlus commissions incinerator improving management of healthcare waste in Kiribati
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 21, 2024
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
Solomon Islands Government
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October 30, 2023
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.
Government of Samoa
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April 14, 2024
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
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April 7, 2024
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
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 2, 2023
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...
Mauri Mark Standard Assessment Enhances Tourism Quality in South Tarawa
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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February 1, 2024
In a proactive move to elevate tourism standards and prioritise sustainability, the Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK) recently conducted the Mauri Mark Standard Assessment of South Tarawa Accommodations from January 9th – 10th, 2024. The...
Kiribati Sustainability Champion – Ms Kiarake Karuaki
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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March 12, 2023
Driven by passion Kiarake Karuaki strives to ensure that her island home of Kiribati reaps the benefits of community-based tourism and achieves sustainability. She does this through capacity building, awareness, product development, licensing,...
Samoa, as Chair of AOSIS, highlights human health risks at INC-3 in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
14 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Samoa, as the Chair of the 39 Small Island Developing States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), continues to amplify the One Pacific Voice calling for urgent attention and action to end the scourge of...
Hawaii’s Tourism Industry was Healthy in March 2023
State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
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April 27, 2023
Posted on Apr 27, 2023 in News For Immediate Release: April 27, 2023 HONOLULU—According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a total of 900,800 visitors arrived in the...
ADB Provides $38 Million to Help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga Respond to Disasters
Solomon Islands Government
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March 7, 2023
ADB Provides $38 Million to Help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga Respond to Disasters MANILA, PHILIPPINES (7 March 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $38 million in contingent disaster financing to help Kiribati, Samoa,...
Seabed 2030 announces new partnership with the Republic of Kiribati
Directions Magazine
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February 6, 2023
London, 6 February 2023 – The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Transport (MICT) for the Republic of Kiribati. The new partnership will...
Keynote Address by the Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Conference on Anti-Corruption: Unity Against Corruption from 3 – 6 February 2020, Kiribati.
Government of Samoa
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February 5, 2020
SAMOA, February 6 - I am honoured to be asked to speak at the opening of this important Pacific Regional Conference on Anti-Corruption: Pacific Unity Against Corruption. I deliver these remarks at a time when, at the beginning of the new decade,...
Kiribati: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund
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July 29, 2015
Press Release No. 15/361 July 29, 2015 On July 24, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Kiribati, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting2. Recent...
Intermountain Healthcare Honors 64 Nurses With 2018 Nursing Excellence Awards
EIN Presswire
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May 29, 2018
Three nurses receive unique awards SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, May 29, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Intermountain has honored of its 64 nurses with 2018 Nursing Excellence Awards. Each year, the award winners are nominated and selected by their...
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 17, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...