{
  "id": 2112367,
  "title": "Africa: WHO Declares Polio Outbreaks Over in Five African Countries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/africa-who-declares-polio-outbreaks-over-in-five-african-countries",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:35:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608200240.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Premium Times] WHO explained that the transmission was interrupted through targeted vaccination campaigns, epidemiological investigations and expanded environmental surveillance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica",
        "title": "Africa: Five African Countries End Polio Outbreaks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/africa-five-african-countries-end-polio-outbreaks",
        "published": "2026-08-20T08:12:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}