United Airlines launches Morocco, Colombia flights, beefs up China service
United Airlines is planning to launch flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, and Medellin, Colombia, and ramp up its service to Asia, in the carrier's latest bet that consumers will continue to shell out for trips abroad. The flights from United's Newark, New Jersey, hub to Marrakesh are scheduled to…#unitedairlines #marrakesh #morocco #medellin #colombia #newark #newjersey #boeing #767300er #houston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week
For years, Fatima Mhattar has welcomed shopkeepers, students, bankers and retirees to Hammam El Majd, a public bath on the outskirts of Morocco's capital, Rabat. For a handful of change, they relax in a haze of steam then are scrubbed down and rinsed off alongside their friends and neighbors. The…#fatimamhattar #hammamelmajd #morocco #arabic #moroccan #mosaictiles #northafrican #fatimazahrabata #interior #abdelouafilaftit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge, bitey, freakishly ugly: is this the world ’s nastiest prehistoric reptile?
Khinjaria acuta was bigger than a great white shark, with blade-like teeth and awesome jaws. Just as well it died out 67m years agoName:Khinjaria acuta.Age: About 67m to 69m years old.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Dinosaurs Science Morocco Palaeontology Source Type: news
Health financing reforms needed to advance universal health coverage
5 March 2024, Rabat, Morocco – In a world facing numerous challenges, achieving universal health coverage remains crucial. More than half of the global population – some 4.5 billion people – lack full access to essential health care. Of this number, over 2 billion people experience financial hardship in accessing basic health care.
Social inequities and barriers in access to health care most affect the poorest, most discriminated against and marginalized people globally. This has catastrophic impacts on their health and well-being.
Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 6, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Productlife Group Acquires Health Care Solution (HCS), Expanding Its Reach Across Middle East And Africa
ProductLife Group (PLG), the specialised global provider of regulatory, scientific, vigilance, quality and digital transformation consulting services for the life sciences industries, today announced the acquisition of Health Care Solution (HCS), a leading Moroccan consultancy whose reach... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TNM Source Type: news
Morocco Will Need More Wheat Imports as Another Drought Looms
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists unearth mysteries of giant, moving Moroccan star dune
Parts of the structure are younger than expected while an east wind blows the whole thing across the desert, researchers findThey are impressive, mysterious structures that loom out of deserts on the Earth and are also found on Mars and on Saturn ’s biggest moon, Titan.Experts from universities including Aberystwyth in Wales have now pinpointed the age of a star dune in a remote area of Morocco and uncovered details about its formation and how it moves across the desert.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Steven Morris Tags: Geology Research Aberystwyth University Science Higher education Morocco Africa Deserts Environment Middle East and north Africa World news Source Type: news
‘ I Haven ’t Forgotten Where I Came From, ’ says Yvonne Pinto, Incoming IRRI Chief
Yvonne Pinto, the incoming Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, at the 5th All Africa Horticulture Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, February 26 to March 1, 2024.
Credit: Supplied by Yvonne Pinto
By Neena BhandariSYDNEY, Feb 28 2024 (IPS) Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing plants. Her tiny fingers making the task easier, as she would marvel at the end product of a prospective new and higher yielding variety. These formative years laid the foundation for her ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neena Bhandari Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Development & Aid Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Middle East & North Africa S Source Type: news
Spring forward this March at these 6 delightful hotels
Ready to put the drudgery of winter behind you? Step into warmer weather at one of these six hotels. Their locales are the perfect places to celebrate spring, from dry and mild Hanoi, Vietnam, to Dublin, Ireland, where the crowds are low but the temperature is rising. Eleuthera is an island you…#hanoi #vietnam #dublin #ireland #eleuthera #coveeleuthera #kamalame #medinaofmarrakech #riaddaranika #moroccan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Illegal Arrivals Into Spain Soar 500% In 2024... But Socialist PM Rewards Morocco with €45BN Funding Package
Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The number of illegal migrants arriving on Spanish territory in the first six weeks of 2024 is almost six times more than the corresponding period…#spain #socialist #rewardsmorocco #thomasbrooke #remixnews #spanish #unitednations #unhcr #africa #canaryislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigation of annual trucks fatal accidents in El Hajeb province of Morocco using TRIZ-Ishikawa diagram - Adib K, Mazouzi M, Elyoussoufi S.
A stretch of road in the province of EL HAJEB, located in the central-south region of Morocco, is classified among the roadways experiencing an accumulation of fatal traffic accidents, with a particular involvement of freight transport vehicles. Investigat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Golf legends compete in Hassan II Golf Trophy tournament in Morocco
. The 48th Hassan II Golf Trophy and the 27th Lalla Meryem Golf Cup competitions started on Thursday at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Club in Rabat as part of the PGA Champions Tour 2024 season. American golf legend Steve Pate made…#hassaniigolftrophy #morocco #lallameryemgolfcup #rabat #pgachampions #stevepate #pgatour #colinmontgomerie #joakimhaeggman #josémariaolazábal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regional Director opening remarks at EMRO press briefing
22 February 2024
Dear colleagues, ladies, and gentlemen,
Good afternoon from WHO's Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt. I am honored to address you today as the newly appointed Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
As I begin my tenure, I'm deeply aware of the profound challenges our Region is facing.
In Gaza, an entire population continues to face unimaginable violence and loss with nowhere left to flee, while levels of lifesaving-aid remain grossly insufficient. In Sudan, we are witnessing the world’s largest displacement crisis, as millions of people flee in search of safety within and outside the country. ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - February 22, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Spain ’s prime minister meets with Morocco’s king and discusses migration and the Israel-Hamas war
Spain's prime minister has visited Morocco as the two nations reckon with a spike in migration to the Canary Islands and a Europe-wide debate and protests about agricultural regulations and imports.#spain #morocco #canaryislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Climate Change Will Make Locust Outbreaks ‘ Increasingly Hard to Prevent and Control ’
Extreme wind and rain may lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks, with human-caused climate change likely to intensify the weather patterns and cause higher outbreak risks, a new study has found.
The desert locust — a short-horned species found in some dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia — is a migratory insect that travels in swarms of millions over long distances and damages crops, causing famine and food insecurity. A square kilometer swarm comprises 80 million locusts that can in one day consume food crops enough to feed 35,000 people. The U.N.’s Food...
Source: TIME: Science - February 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: CARLOS MUREITHI / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
