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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ rare access to report. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s 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. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ copyright)
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