Nasseem Ackbarally
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/ 20 February 2007

HIV hits drug users in Mauritius

In contrast to the rest of Southern Africa, intravenous drug users have become the group most vulnerable to the transmission of HIV in Mauritius. This has led the Mauritian government to introduce a syringe- and needle-exchange programme in a bid to stem HIV infection among Mauritian drug users.

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/ 20 February 2006

Mauritius looks west

Mauritius may be one of the world’s most glamorous destinations, but agriculturally speaking, there’s not that much of it to go around. As a result, the island’s government and farmers have begun looking west — to the far larger, neighbouring island of Madagascar. For the Malagasy administration, this holds out the promise of increased investment.