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  "id": 10702687,
  "title": "For 20 years, Kwanele Asante told health systems to listen to patients. Then the UN gave her the mic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/for-20-years-kwanele-asante-told-health-systems-to-listen-to-patients",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:28:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
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    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/health/2026-09-29-for-20-years-kwanele-asante-told-health-systems-to-listen-to-patients-then-the-un-gave-her-the-mic/"
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  "summary": "South African lawyer and bioethicist Kwanele Asante transformed her personal health challenges with breast cancer and chronic illness into decades of fierce advocacy for people living with noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions.",
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        "title": "For 20 years, Kwanele Asante told health systems to listen to patients. Then the UN gave her the mic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/for-20-years-kwanele-asante-told-health-systems-to-listen-to-patients",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:30:00.000Z"
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