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  "id": 2375450,
  "title": "Many TB prescriptions outside national programme do not follow treatment guidelines, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/many-tb-prescriptions-outside-national-programme-do-not-follow-2375450",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:17:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/many-tb-prescriptions-outside-national-programme-do-not-follow-treatment-guidelines-study-finds/article71372690.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A systematic review of 34 studies found 53.3% of anti-TB prescriptions in non-programmatic settings were faulty, with substantial variation across States and an estimated 2–3 million potentially inappropriate prescriptions annually",
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        "title": "Many TB prescriptions outside national programme do not follow treatment guidelines, study finds",
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        "published": "2026-08-21T12:17:10.000Z"
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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."
}