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  "id": 12843621,
  "title": "Closing the gaps in early childhood eye care",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/closing-the-gaps-in-early-childhood-eye-care-12843621",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:56:17.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/closing-the-gaps-in-early-childhood-eye-care/article71536224.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India already has an extensive network of frontline health workers, immunisation services, school health programmes and primary and tertiary healthcare facilities. The challenge now is to connect these pieces. The goal should be to build a system in which every interaction a child has with a health worker becomes an opportunity to protect vision",
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        "title": "Closing the gaps in early childhood eye care",
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        "published": "2026-10-08T09:56:17.000Z"
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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."
}