{
  "id": 2378195,
  "title": "19 in 20 Nigerian health facilities fall short of basic medical waste standard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/19-in-20-nigerian-health-facilities-fall-short-of-basic-medical-waste",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:23:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/19-in-20-nigerian-health-facilities-fall-short-of-basic-medical-waste-standard/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "About 19 in every 20 health care facilities in Nigeria fall short of the basic standard for managing medical waste, according to a new WHO/UNICEF assessment. The finding raises concerns over how used needles, infectious materials and other waste generated during medical care are handled in Africa’s most populous country. Only 5% of Nigerian health […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}