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Injustice cutting life expectancy

By Ant | Aug 28, 2008

Social injustice cutting life expectancy, UN
report says

Inequality caused by poverty, poor education and bad housing is
‘killing on a grand scale’, WHO study finds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/28/health.socialexclusion

Of course, it also cuts life expectancy here in NZ. You only have to look at the Social Report - http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/.

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