{
  "id": 16329752,
  "title": "Polio's last strongholds: Why Pakistan and Afghanistan can’t defeat the virus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/polios-last-strongholds-why-pakistan-and-afghanistan-cant-defeat-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-24T12:57:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/the-last-two-countries-with-polio-why-pakistan-and-afghanistan-are-struggling-to-eliminate-it/articleshow/135170195.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The vaccine works. So why is wild polio still spreading in just two countries and what can India’s own victory teach us?",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "UAE has delivered over 850 million polio vaccine doses in Pakistan since 2014",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/uae-has-delivered-over-850-million-polio-vaccine-doses-in-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-10-24T07:30:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}