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Phoenix Life Breaks Ground for Network of Community Clinics and Dispensing Pharmacies for the Republic of Vanuatu
DENVER, CO, March 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Phoenix Life Sciences International Limited (OTC: PLSI) (“Phoenix Life”, ”the Company”), an international adaptive healthcare solutions company, today announced that it has broken...
Phoenix Life Sciences Receives Import Certificate for Cannabis Diabetes Drug from the Republic of Vanuatu
DENVER, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phoenix Life Sciences International Limited (OTCMarkets: PLSI) (“Phoenix Life”), an international adaptive healthcare solutions company, today announced that it has received an import certificate from the...
Phoenix Life Sciences International Announces Dr. Philip Blair as Diabetes Director of Medical Advisory Council
DENVER, Oct. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phoenix Life Sciences International Limited (OTCMarkets: MJMD) (“Phoenix Life”), an international adaptive healthcare solutions company, today announced that Col. Philip Blair, M.D. has become the Diabetes...
Phoenix Life Sciences International Receives Government Approval to Produce Botanical Pharmaceutical Products in South Pacific
DENVER, Oct. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phoenix Life Sciences International Limited (OTCMarkets: MJMD) (“Phoenix Life”), an international adaptive healthcare solutions company, today announced that the company has received approval from the...
Vanuatu in "immediate" need in wake of catastrophic Cyclone Pam – Linking the World to deploy disaster response teams
Linking the World has been closely monitoring the disaster in Vanuatu and is working quickly to assess and rapidly respond with humanitarian aid. DALLAS, TEXAS , USA, March 16, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Saturday, March 14th, the South Pacific...
Vanuatu: Early reports suggest vast majority of crops destroyed
A young boy plays amongst a destroyed banana plantation in Mele, outside the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila on March 19, 2015. 20 March 2015, Rome -- Strong winds, heavy rains and floods resulting from Tropical Cyclone Pam have caused extensive...
Honouring a Legacy: US$1M Fund Launched to Clean Up Fishing Vessels in Suva Harbour and Protect Fiji’s Ocean Future
SUVA, FIJI, August 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Captain Johnathan Smith Fund has launched to safely remove derelict fishing vessels from Suva Harbour, in honour of Captain Smith’s enduring commitment to ocean stewardship. This effort aims...
Vanuatu: Statement of the IMF Mission at the Conclusion of a Staff Visit
Press Release No. 14/83 March 4, 2014 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Vladimir Klyuev visited Port Vila, Vanuatu, during February 23 – March 4, 2014 to discuss the economic outlook and policies with the authorities, private...
Owner: United Nations
Waitt Institute Founder Meets with Minister of Environment and Climate Change to Advance Comprehensive Ocean Management
Discussions focus on the launch of Blue Prosperity Fiji Taskforce, derelict fishing vessel cleanup efforts, and Marine Spatial Planning regulations. SUVA, FIJI, July 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, the Government of Fiji and the Waitt...
World Leaders Recommit to Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases, Citing Remarkable Progress Since 2012
This week, leaders from governments, pharmaceutical companies and charitable organizations convened at a five-day summit in Geneva to pledge new commitments to the collective efforts to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The...
Togo Becomes First Country in Africa to Validate the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis as a Public Health Problem
LOME, TOGO -- GSK, Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), and the MECTIZAN® Donation Program (MDP) congratulate President Faure Gnassingbé, the government and the people of Togo for becoming the first country in Africa...
International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to account
The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and provide climate finance to developing countries. Oxfam climate change policy...
Owner: Oxfam International (Non-profit)
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
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...
IMF Survey: With External Support, Vanuatu’s Recovery Builds on Prudent Past
Repairs to a ship damaged by cyclone Pam. Total reconstruction costs are estimated to add up to around 40 percent of GDP (photo: Corbis/EPA/David Hunt) REBUILDING AFTER DISASTERS With External Support, Vanuatu’s Recovery Builds on Prudent Past...
Owner: United Nations
European Union and FAO launch new programmes to boost food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and resilience
A farmer working in a rice field in Bangladesh. The EU-FAO partnership seeks to boost food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and resilience in some 35 countries. 16 July 2015, Addis Ababa - The European Union and the UN Food and...
Linking the World to deliver LifeStraw® Community water purifiers to support disaster relief efforts in Vanuatu
Six days after Cyclone Pam 67,000 people in Vanuatu’s two most populous provinces of Shefa and Tafea are still without drinking water. DALLAS, TEXAS, USA, March 21, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Linking the World has arranged through generous donors...
Food and nutrition security, climate change and soils top FAO-EU agenda
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and European Parliament President Martin Schulz 16 April 2015, Brussels - Food and nutrition security, climate change and soils are among the main topics outlined for the forthcoming months in the common...
Linking the World and LifeStraw® announce partnership to deliver LifeStraw® Community water purifiers in Vanuatu
DALLAS, TEXAS, USA, March 25, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Linking the World today announced an official partnership with LifeStraw® for the delivery of LifeStraw® Community water purifiers to victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. On March 14th, a...
FAO and ACP member states share strong focus on nutrition and climate change
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). 15 April 2015, Brussels - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in a speech today to the...
Mina Chang, Linking the World CEO, to arrive in storm-ravaged Port Vila, Vanuatu on Saturday with relief supplies
We will be working closely with United Nation’s OCHA and other NGO’s to assess need and distribute first aid, water filters and all-weather Roma Boots DALLAS, TEXAS, USA, March 19, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mina Chang, Linking the World CEO, will...