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Top Picks: Bad brothers, brilliant drawings, and broken healthcare

 
 

Welcome to IRIN's reading list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share their top picks of recent must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises. We also highlight key upcoming conferences, book releases and policy debates.



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Sustainable Diplomacy Goals

 
 

There's no junket like a UN junket.



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Under the radar: Angola plays down yellow fever crisis

 
 

Angola is facing a public health emergency. Its under-funded hospitals, inadequate at the best of times, have been overwhelmed by a series of disease outbreaks, and the government has been forced to turn to private business and well-wishers for help.

 

No one knows the true mortality figures – a product of both Angola's poor data-keeping and the government's preference to bury bad news. But there have been media reports of 50 people (or 25 children) dying daily from malaria, yellow fever, dengue and typhoid.

 



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