{
  "id": 13187594,
  "title": "Malaria remains the leading cause of hospital admission and in-hospital death in children under 2 in Sierra Leone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/malaria-remains-the-leading-cause-of-hospital-admission-and-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T19:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-malaria-hospital-admission-death-children.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhea are the leading causes of hospitalization and death during the first two years of life in Sierra Leone, according to a prospective study led by ISGlobal, a center supported by the \"la Caixa\" Foundation. The findings, obtained as part of the ICARIA project and published in The Lancet Global Health, show that, despite the implementation of the main…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}