Maciula writes about the rising problem of drugs in Turkmenistan, noting that according to the World Health Organization, 10 per cent of Turkmenistan’s population is addicted to heroin.
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Nick writes that a number of international media outlets are reporting that at least 40 young children, mostly babies, have been infected with HIV at a regional hospital in Namangan, east of Uzbekistan.
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