{"id":12932,"date":"2026-05-13T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/13\/unicef-polio-vaccination-continues-herat-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:10:09","slug":"unicef-polio-vaccination-continues-herat-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/13\/unicef-polio-vaccination-continues-herat-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Confirms Continued Polio Vaccination Efforts in Herat, Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that polio vaccination programs in Afghanistan, including in the province of Herat, are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF emphasized that polio is a preventable disease and highlighted the critical role of mothers attending health centers in preventing the spread of the virus. The agency added that every family that participates in vaccination efforts takes a step closer to the complete eradication of polio in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to released information, this program is being implemented with the cooperation of the Government of Japan, the Rotary organization, and the Canadian Development Agency, aiming to reach families in various regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts have consistently stressed that the continuation of, and unhindered access to, vaccination services\u2014especially for children in remote areas\u2014is vital to eradicating polio in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF confirms ongoing polio vaccination in Herat, Afghanistan, stressing mothers&#8217; role and partnerships with Japan, Rotary, and Canada for eradication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12932","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\/12932","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=12932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}