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Increasing health problems among Uganda’s salt miners

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In one community in Western Uganda, residents are eking out a living from mining salt.

Authorities are however concerned about the increasingly negative impact on the miners’ health. They say the workers need proper protective gear.

Hillary Ayesiga reports.

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