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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
166 [3]
Article-Summary: 

AIDS has "crippled" at least six Southern African countries, where the life expectancy has fallen to 40 years or less, according to the annual United Nations' Human Development Report (HDR) released last Thursday. The Human Development Index (HDI) in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe has suffered a reversal since 1990, said the report.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/23320 [5]

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