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Lancet Series: Improving road safety measures could save half a million lives every year worldwide

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The largest increases in transport injury death rate have been in Paraguay (+97%), Djibouti (+69%), Lesotho (+50%), and the Seychelles (+41%). These include building a stronger global movement on road safety that incorporates other health and environmental impacts in the solutions (e.g., a year between 1990 and 2010.

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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Even as Google and Meta set their sights on building entirely new lines that will drastically boost the continent’s capacity, those lines hug well-trodden, predictable routes. A few cables connect Indian Ocean islands—such as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles—to the African mainland. The gaps aren’t completely empty.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Seychelles ranks as the most-improved country over the past decade, due largely to its commitment to combating greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainability outcomes among emerging economies remains highly variable. EPI and Global Sustainability Data.

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