{
  "id": 18247143,
  "title": "Africa: Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Requires Sustained Action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/africa-progress-against-neglected-tropical-diseases-requires",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-05T04:24:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611050063.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported major global progress against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with 63 countries having eliminated at least one NTD by June 2026, up from 42 at the end of 2020.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Health Policy Watch",
        "title": "Uneven and Fragile Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/uneven-and-fragile-progress-against-neglected-tropical-diseases",
        "published": "2026-11-04T14:00:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}