{
  "id": 9935959,
  "title": "WHO urges sustained investment to fight future pandemic threats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/who-urges-sustained-investment-to-fight-future-pandemic-threats",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-26T07:44:48.000Z",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/who-urges-sustained-investment-to-fight-future-pandemic-threats/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Health Organisation has called for sustained investment and action to better prepare for future pandemic threats, following the second United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response. The meeting, which brought together political leaders, stressed the need for equitable investment and action on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, highlighted the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to over 20 million excess deaths and a loss of more than $10tn from the global economy.",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "WHO urges sustained investment to fight future pandemic threats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/who-urges-sustained-investment-to-fight-future-pandemic-threats-9938985",
        "published": "2026-09-26T08:04:48.000Z"
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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."
}