{
  "id": 5366983,
  "title": "US Proposal to Eliminate PAHO Funding Raises Alarm Over Health Security in Western Hemisphere",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/us-proposal-to-eliminate-paho-funding-raises-alarm-over-health",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T16:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/us-proposal-to-eliminate-paho-funding-raises-alarm-over-hemispheric-health-security/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A group of senior national security and health officials voiced their concern that cutting funding to the regional health organization cripples the Western Hemisphere’s ability to defend itself against disease threats. Reductions in staff and other cost-saving measures are likely, the organization says. The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}