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  "id": 12405492,
  "title": "Kenya: KMPDU Demands Urgent Protection for Health Workers After Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kenya-kmpdu-demands-urgent-protection-for-health-workers-after-kenya",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:16:49.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers following the confirmation of Kenya's first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease. The union emphasized the need for healthcare workers who may have come into contact with the patient at Nairobi Hospital or other health facilities to be immediately identified, medically monitored, and provided with psychological support and appropriate follow-up. KMPDU Secretary-General and CEO Dr Davji Bhimja Atellah warned that the safety of healthcare workers must be treated as a national priority, stating that they must not be the weakest link in the response.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenya ministry of health confirms first imported Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kenya-ministry-of-health-confirms-first-imported-ebola-case",
        "published": "2026-10-06T09:51:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "KMPDU demands urgent protection for health workers after Kenya confirms first Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kmpdu-demands-urgent-protection-for-health-workers-after-kenya",
        "published": "2026-10-06T14:07:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Kenya: KMPDU Demands Urgent Protection for Health Workers After Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kenya-kmpdu-demands-urgent-protection-for-health-workers-after-kenya-12409821",
        "published": "2026-10-06T15:16:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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