{
  "id": 18151044,
  "title": "WHO DG Candidate Hanan Balkhy: ‘The Bottom Line is That Funding is Slimmer’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/who-dg-candidate-hanan-balkhy-the-bottom-line-is-that-funding-is",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T16:11:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/who-dg-candidate-hanan-balkhy-the-bottom-line-is-that-funding-is-slimmer/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hanan Balkhy, Saudi Arabia’s candidate for WHO Director General, is especially concerned about antibiotic resistance, the effects of climate change on health, and healthcare in conflict zones. She also warns about a “normalisation” of attacks on hospitals and healthcare workers in conflict regions. As a longtime WHO insider, she is also well aware that the […]",
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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."
}