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1. Removing subsidies in Zambia - the way to go?
2. Minorities suffer worse health outcomes - report
3. Backlash against Malawian migrants in Tanzania
4. The controversy over "counterfeit" drugs
5. Push to tackle corruption in post-2015 agenda
6. UN meeting highlights migration's development benefits
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Removing subsidies in Zambia - the way to go?
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JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2013 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has
removed subsidies for farmers and millers because the expenditure is
perceived as draining the country's resources. Fuel subsidies have also
been removed, and the combined loss of assistance is pushing up the
price of maize meal, a staple foodstuff in the Zambian diet.
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Minorities suffer worse health outcomes - report
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NAIROBI, 1 October 2013 (IRIN) - Minority groups suffer worse health
outcomes than the rest of the population, according to a new report
published by Minority Rights Group International (MRG). State of the
World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013, released to coincide
with the UN General Assembly meeting on the post-Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) agenda, calls for - among other things - greater measures
to combat disparities in global health outcomes between minority groups
and majority communities.
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Backlash against Malawian migrants in Tanzania
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MZUZU, 1 October 2013 (IRIN) - An official crackdown on undocumented
migrants in Tanzania has sparked a wave of attacks against Malawians
living there, causing many to flee for home. In recent weeks, hundreds
of returnees, some still recovering from the beatings they received,
have been stranded near Malawi's northern border with Tanzania without
funds to continue their journey home.
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The controversy over "counterfeit" drugs
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LONDON, 2 October 2013 (IRIN) - One of the biggest hurdles to stemming
the global tide of counterfeit medicines is disagreement over the term
itself, which drug companies are accused of hijacking for commercial
rather than public health reasons.
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Push to tackle corruption in post-2015 agenda
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NEW YORK, 4 October 2013 (IRIN) - With the realization that corruption
is undermining development and the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), experts are lobbying the UN to adopt goals
and targets on good governance and transparency in the post-2015
development agenda.
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UN meeting highlights migration's development benefits
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NEW YORK, 4 October 2013 (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
opened a High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
at the UN General Assembly on Thursday by outlining an eight-point
agenda to "make migration work" for the world's 232 million migrants,
as well as their countries of origin and destination.
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