{
  "id": 5769349,
  "title": "Why Disease Elimination Demands More Than Control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/why-disease-elimination-demands-more-than-control",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-05T11:14:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/why-disease-elimination-demands-more-than-control/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "“When you aim to deliver zero, and that is the goal of eradication, what it means is every person, every community, every village is equally important.” That is how Dr. Jamal Ahmed, WHO Director for Polio Eradication, explains why eliminating a disease requires a fundamentally different level of ambition than simply controlling it. Speaking on […]",
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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."
}