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Inside Eritrea

Has Eritrea reached its Millenium Development Goals target early? Yalda Hakim finds out in areas such as child mortality, maternal health and HIV/Aids and malaria.

Eritrea is one of the most closed countries in the world, with no independent media or political opposition and a widely criticised human rights record. Each year thousands of young people leave the country to escape the harsh national service regime that for most means a lifetime of service to the state. Few foreign broadcasters get access to the country but in this final year of the UN Millenium Development Goals, Eritrea has given the 大象传媒 rare access to report. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Yalda Hakim finds that in areas such as child mortality, maternal health and HIV/Aids and malaria, the country has reached its MDG target early.

(Photo: Street scene in Asmara, capital of Eritrea. 大象传媒 copyright)

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28 minutes

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Sun 15 Mar 2015 10:05GMT

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  • Thu 12 Mar 2015 02:32GMT
  • Thu 12 Mar 2015 16:32GMT
  • Thu 12 Mar 2015 20:32GMT
  • Sun 15 Mar 2015 10:05GMT

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