{
  "id": 6589959,
  "title": "EXCLUSIVE: Saima Wazed, WHO’s South-East Asia Regional Director Resigns Day After Member States Recommend Her Termination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/exclusive-saima-wazed-whos-south-east-asia-regional-director-resigns",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-10T12:25:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-saima-wazed-whos-south-east-asia-regional-director-resigns-day-after-member-states-recommend-her-termination/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Saima Wazed, WHO’s Regional Director (RD) for South-East Asia (SEARO) and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned Wednesday, just a day after South-East Asian member states recommended her termination, WHO confirmed to Health Policy Watch. “The previous day, 8 September 2026, the Regional Committee had recommended that Wazed’s appointment as Regional Director […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Star BD Health",
        "title": "Saima Wazed resigns as WHO regional head after fraud allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/saima-wazed-resigns-as-who-regional-head-after-fraud-allegations",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:25:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}