{
  "id": 6172131,
  "title": "A child's first 5 years set them up for life. African study explores how to target education spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/a-childs-first-5-years-set-them-up-for-life-african-study-explores",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T20:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-child-years-life-african-explores.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The first five years of life lay an important foundation for children's future schooling, health and earnings. Yet over 77% of children in sub-Saharan Africa don't have access to early childhood care and education. This places them at risk of not reaching their development potential.",
  "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."
}