{"id":10181,"date":"2026-04-06T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/vaccinations-save-150-million-lives-global-afghanistan-measles-campaign\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:30:23","slug":"vaccinations-save-150-million-lives-global-afghanistan-measles-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/vaccinations-save-150-million-lives-global-afghanistan-measles-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations Have Saved 150 Million Lives Worldwide Since 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global reports indicate that since 1974, over 150 million people worldwide have been saved from death through vaccination efforts\u2014one of the most effective achievements of the health system in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>In Afghanistan, expanding vaccination programs to protect children and prevent the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases remains critically important. Health experts emphasize that investing in vaccination can prevent future health crises and reduce the burden on healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>According to published data, during two phases of the nationwide measles vaccination campaign in the country, more than 16.6 million children have been vaccinated against this deadly but preventable disease. Measles is a contagious disease that can rapidly spread among children if vaccination coverage is low.<\/p>\n<p>However, full access to vaccines for children in some remote and vulnerable areas still faces challenges. Health specialists stress the need to continue and strengthen regular vaccination campaigns to ensure no child is deprived of these vital services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1974, vaccinations have saved over 150 million lives globally, with Afghanistan vaccinating 16.6 million children against measles in major campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}