{
  "id": 8978091,
  "title": "As Deadline Nears, Civil Society Urges Spain to Nominate María Neira in WHO DG Election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/as-deadline-nears-civil-society-urges-spain-to-nominate-maria-neira",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T17:57:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/maria-neira-who-chief-nomination/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With Thursday’s 24 September deadline looming, international scientific societies and civil society leaders are pushing Spain to sponsor a last-minute nomination of Dr María Neira as candidate in the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General election. Neira is WHO’s former Director for Environment, Climate Change and Health, and her nomination has been endorsed by Nobel Peace […]",
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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."
}