This is part of the problem, according to the Medical Research Council, which recently established the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Unit to help write policies that would benefit those in this sector.

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She said the economy had already been boosted by new businesses which had recently established themselves in the town's Westgate Arcade.

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The charity running the shelter partners with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, the country's recently established music academy, which encourages the girls to audition.

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