Mauritius at present enjoys plentiful piped potable water from its 2 000mm average annual rainfall, but large amounts of water are wasted.
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/ 20 February 2007
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.