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Poor quality medicines putting the lives of pregnant women at risk
Good-quality medicines, given at the right time, can save the lives of pregnant and recently pregnant women and their newborn babies. New evidence synthesis reveals however, that in many health-care…
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Carnival Corp. Talks Liquidity, Ship Sales, Delayed Deliveries, Bookings and More
The world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation (CCL) provided a business update to financial analysts on Friday—touching on fleet capacity, the sale of ships, delayed ship deliveries, liquidity, the phased…
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Key West’s Fantasy Fest Canceled Due to COVID-19 Concerns
The organizers of Key West’s Fantasy Fest costuming and masking festival announced this week that the 2020 festival, originally scheduled October 16-25, would be canceled to protect against the potential spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The festival typically…
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Royal Caribbean Group Acquires 100 Percent of Silversea Cruises
Despite a challenging economic era and global marketplace, Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) went “full throttle” this week and purchased all remaining shares of Silversea Cruises, an iconic ultra-luxury brand, which…
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WHO and partners to help more than 1 billion people quit tobacco to reduce risk of COVID-19
GENEVA — A new Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco aims to help the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users quit. Stopping smoking is more important than ever as evidence reveals that…
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Stats: 29% of Leisure Travelers Interested in Cannabis-Related Tourism
MMGY Travel Intelligence and Enlightn Strategies, advisors in the CBD- and cannabis-related tourism space, have found that 29 percent of all active leisure travelers (and 18 percent of all Americans)…
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Study estimates more than one million Indians died from snakebite envenoming over past two decades
India is among the countries most dramatically affected by snakebite and accounts for almost half the total number of annual deaths in the world. Authors of the article entitled ‘Trends…
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Independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response announced
WHO Director-General today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In remarks to WHO Member…
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Webinar 18 August: Building a resilient tourism sector in SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Conference Dates 18 August, 2020 – 10:00 to 11:30 (South African Standard Time / UCT+2) Chair: Mr Roland Vorwerk, Marketing Manager, Boundless Southern Africa The many faces of tourism: Mr Mokganedi Ntana, Tourism…
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22 nd Annual American Indian Tourism Conference
Conference Dates 14 to 18 September, 2020 During these challenging times, we know it may be too much to ask our partners, members and other stakeholders to plan to travel…