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  "id": 14661380,
  "title": "WHO confirms Egypt as first country to retain Hepatitis C gold status",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/who-confirms-egypt-as-first-country-to-retain-hepatitis-c-gold-status",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T09:12:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Egypt Independent",
    "slug": "egypt-independent",
    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/who-confirms-egypt-as-first-country-to-retain-hepatitis-c-gold-status/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Egypt has become the first country in the world to retain the World Health Organization’s (WHO) gold-tier status on the path to eliminating hepatitis C, following a review of its national prevention, testing and treatment programmes. The WHO confirmed the recognition on Wednesday after assessing Egypt’s progress between 2023 and 2025. The assessment was approved … The post WHO confirms Egypt as…",
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      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Egypt becomes first country to sustain WHO Gold Tier Status on Hepatitis C elimination",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/egypt-becomes-first-country-to-sustain-who-gold-tier-status-on",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:36:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}