{
  "id": 2824044,
  "title": "Indonesian Health Minister Budi Sadikin Becomes Fourth Candidate to Run for WHO Director-General",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/indonesian-health-minister-budi-sadikin-becomes-fourth-candidate-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-23T16:28:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/indonesian-health-minister-budi-sadikin-becomes-fourth-candidate-to-run-for-who-director-general/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indonesia has officially nominated its Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, for the WHO Director-General election – in what is also an unconventional candidacy for the global health agency that has traditionally been led by medical or public health professionals. Sadikin’s was posted as an official nominee on the WHO election website over the weekend. A […]",
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        "outlet": "Health Policy Watch",
        "title": "Indonesian Health Minister Budi Sadikin Becomes Fourth Candidate to Run for WHO Director-General",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/indonesian-health-minister-budi-sadikin-becomes-fourth-candidate-to-2831108",
        "published": "2026-08-23T16:28:31.000Z"
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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."
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