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Health and Education ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠍⠑⠂⠀⠠⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠑⠙⠥⠉⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠍⠑⠁⠝⠞⠦⠀⠠⠊⠀
⠎⠓⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠂⠀⠀⠋⠊⠗⠎⠞⠂⠀⠠⠊⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠅⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠉⠕⠝⠉⠑⠗⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠍⠑⠗⠑⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠇⠑⠙⠛⠑⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠊⠎⠀
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