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  "id": 6392222,
  "title": "Nigeria: The Silent Return - How Diphtheria Killed 39 Children in Zamfara and Unicef, Health Ministry's Dash for Urgent Vaccination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nigeria-the-silent-return-how-diphtheria-killed-39-children-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-09T05:22:35.000Z",
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    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609090019.html"
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  "summary": "[This Day] The ward at the Infectious Disease Centre in Damba is quiet in a way that feels wrong. Fluorescent lights hum above rows of iron beds. Mothers sit on plastic chairs, cloths pressed to fevered foreheads. Nurses move fast between patients, but their voices are low.",
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        "title": "The Silent Return: How Diphtheria Killed 39 Children in Zamfara and UNICEF, Health Ministry’s Dash for Urgent Vaccination",
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        "published": "2026-09-09T00:18:04.000Z"
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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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