{
  "id": 2196481,
  "title": "BREAKING – WHO’s European Regional Office Head Hans Kluge Enters Race for Director-General",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/breaking-whos-european-regional-office-head-hans-kluge-enters-race",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:17:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/hans-kluge-to-run-in-who-director-general-election/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, has become the third candidate to throw his hat into the ring in the race for the next WHO Director-General. He will be taking a leave of absence from his duties from Friday, 21 August 2026 following his nomination by home country Belgium. This is according […]",
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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."
}