{
  "id": 209403,
  "title": "Uganda: WHO Defends Uganda's Early Declaration of End to Ebola Outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/uganda-who-defends-ugandas-early-declaration-of-end-to-ebola-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T06:07:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608060106.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defended Uganda's decision to declare the end of its Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak before completing the conventional 42-day waiting period, saying the country remained focused on the primary objective of halting transmission and protecting public health.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}