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  "id": 15555264,
  "title": "Africa: Africa's Pooled Procurement Mechanism Seeks to Lower Medical Product Costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/africa-africas-pooled-procurement-mechanism-seeks-to-lower-medical-15555264",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T03:39:41.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610190014.html"
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  "summary": "[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 October 2026 - The African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM) has moved from its pilot phase to a fully-fledged continental programme, with eight African Union Member States having signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to participate in the initiative.",
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        "title": "Africa: Africa's Pooled Procurement Mechanism Seeks to Lower Medical Product Costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/africa-africas-pooled-procurement-mechanism-seeks-to-lower-medical",
        "published": "2026-10-19T03:39:41.000Z"
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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."
}