{
  "id": 2138760,
  "title": "Poisons Board reforms strengthen patient safety, support UHC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/poisons-board-reforms-strengthen-patient-safety-support-uhc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:39:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/poisons-board-reforms-strengthen-patient-safety-support-uhc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has strengthened the regulation of pharmacy practice and health products and technologies as part of ongoing reforms to protect patients and support Universal Health Coverage. The milestones were showcased during the Kenya Health Summit 2026, highlighting progress in the licensing of pharmaceutical professionals and premises, digitisation of regulatory…",
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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."
}