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  "id": 13866475,
  "title": "Zimbabwe: Funding Gap in Health Sector Triggers Medicines Shortages, Staffing Crisis in Zimbabwe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/zimbabwe-funding-gap-in-health-sector-triggers-medicines-shortages",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T03:55:14.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[New Zimbabwe] THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says it is struggling to keep hospitals running, retain health workers in rural areas and secure essential medicines as unpredictable funding, collapsing donor support and growing disease burdens pile pressure on the health system.",
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        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Zimbabwe: Funding Gap in Health Sector Triggers Medicines Shortages, Staffing Crisis in Zimbabwe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/zimbabwe-funding-gap-in-health-sector-triggers-medicines-shortages-13870676",
        "published": "2026-10-12T03:55:14.000Z"
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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."
}