{"id":11721,"date":"2026-04-29T05:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/29\/fao-vaccinates-900000-animals-brucellosis-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:29:55","slug":"fao-vaccinates-900000-animals-brucellosis-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/29\/fao-vaccinates-900000-animals-brucellosis-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Launches Campaign to Vaccinate 900,000 Animals Against Brucellosis in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced the launch of a large-scale animal vaccination campaign in high-risk areas of Afghanistan to control brucellosis. The program aims to cover approximately 900,000 livestock. It focuses on vulnerable regions to prevent the spread of this zoonotic disease between animals and humans.<\/p>\n<p>Brucellosis is a contagious animal disease that can be transmitted to humans through direct contact or consumption of contaminated animal products. It negatively impacts public health, food safety, and the livelihoods of residents, particularly in rural communities. In Afghanistan, where a significant portion of the population depends on livestock, the outbreak of such diseases can lead to serious economic and health consequences.<\/p>\n<p>According to FAO, this program is financially supported by the United Kingdom through the UK4Afghanistan initiative. Its goals are to reduce zoonotic threats, protect livestock-related incomes, and strengthen food security and nutrition across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Experts emphasize that the continuation of preventative programs, effective animal health monitoring, and close cooperation among responsible institutions are critical to preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases in Afghanistan\u2014an area that has faced limitations in recent years due to structural challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAO launches a campaign to vaccinate 900,000 animals in Afghanistan against brucellosis, aiming to prevent disease spread and protect food security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11721","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=11721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}