{
  "id": 1751495,
  "title": "High-Profile Departures Shake Up WHO Leadership, Tedros ‘Confidant’ Returns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/high-profile-departures-shake-up-who-leadership-tedros-confidant",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T16:32:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/high-profile-departures-who-leadership/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A major leadership shake-up is rocking the WHO, with two assistant directors-general, Dr Jeremy Farrar and Dr Yukiko Nakatani, leaving the organisation in quick succession. For now, Dr Bruce Aylward will take over Farrar’s role while Dr Sylvie Briand will step in for Nakatani. Moreover, following allegations of corruption against Saima Wazed, the regional director […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}