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Health Status Of Indigenous Populations Across Asia Unknown, Putting Them At Risk, Experts Say
"The health of millions of indigenous people across Asia is at risk, experts say, as lack of recognition of their legal status hinders data collection, making their medical problems invisible in most national health surveys," IRIN reports. "Indigenous peoples -- defined by the U.N. as people with ancestral ties to a geographical region who retain 'distinct characteristics' from other parts of the population -- rank disproportionately high in most indicators of poor health, according to the U.N. Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs," the news service adds.
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