{
  "id": 2083303,
  "title": "Rwanda: Rwanda Needs to Take the Fight Against NCDs Beyond Hospitals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/rwanda-rwanda-needs-to-take-the-fight-against-ncds-beyond-hospitals",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:27:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608200120.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[New Times] Rwanda has spent three decades making significant progress in the fight against infectious diseases. Malaria, HIV and child mortality have all declined dramatically. But the country's healthcare sector is changing. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, are now responsible for a growing share of deaths.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}