Tag: Organization

3 Tips for Better Business Organization

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No one likes to waste time, especially when it results in things like late meetings and badly-filed documents. If your office has an organization problem, however, these kinds of delays are probably a common occurrence. How can you stop suffering because of your own messiness? Here are just a few ideas for tidying things up and getting your business on the right track. 1. Use Dividers Dividers can be quickly and easily installed in your desk drawers to help you keep things organized. For example, if you have a two-way…

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World Health Organization spent more on plane tickets and hotels than AIDS and malaria

Loknath Das

The World Health Organization reportedly spent more money last year on traveling around the globe, than they did on actually combating the world’s illnesses. The health agency spent approximately $200 million on plane tickets, hotel accommodation and other travel expenses—more than its combined spending to tackle AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis, according to an investigation by the Associated Press on May 21. The organization may be a global entity, but it is funded by taxpayers via states’ contributions to the United Nations. The allegations around WHO’s travel spending are hard…

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Cash-strapped World Health Organization slammed for high travel costs

Loknath Das

JEROME DELAY/AP L ONDON — Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, traveled to Guinea earlier this month to join the country’s president in celebrating the world’s first Ebola vaccine. After praising health workers in West Africa for their triumph over the lethal virus, Chan spent the night in the presidential suite at the beach-side Palm Camayenne hotel. The suite, equipped with marble bathrooms and a dining room that seats eight, has an advertised price of 900 euros ($1,008) per night. Some say such luxurious accommodations send the…

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