{
  "id": 8908886,
  "title": "Government Seeks to Bring Weight-Loss Drugs to Brazil's Public Health System, but Approval and Funding Needed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/government-seeks-to-bring-weight-loss-drugs-to-brazils-public-health",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Folha de S.Paulo (English)",
    "slug": "folha-de-s-paulo-english",
    "url": "https://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online//rss091/*https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2026/09/government-seeks-to-bring-weight-loss-drugs-to-brazils-public-health-system-but-approval-and-funding-needed.shtml"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brazil's Health Ministry is considering asking Conitec (National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies into the Unified Health System) to approve the use of weight-loss drugs in the SUS, a measure that has become one of Lula's (PT) campaign promises. Leia mais (09/21/2026 - 08h40)",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}