{"id":16409,"date":"2026-07-01T17:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/01\/unicef-nearly-87-percent-eligible-afghans-fully-covid19-vaccinated\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:45:30","slug":"unicef-nearly-87-percent-eligible-afghans-fully-covid19-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/01\/unicef-nearly-87-percent-eligible-afghans-fully-covid19-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Reports Nearly 87% of Eligible Afghans Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that despite significant challenges, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Afghanistan continues, with nearly 87 percent of the eligible population now fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, June 30, UNICEF stated on its X (formerly Twitter) page that delivering vaccines to every individual across Afghanistan is fraught with multiple difficulties, including accessing remote areas. Nevertheless, the organization emphasized that efforts to achieve comprehensive coverage remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>According to the published data, more than half of those vaccinated are women; a fact UNICEF highlights as indicative of broader access to health services for women through this program.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF also added that with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi), vaccination programs will continue. COVID-19 is a contagious respiratory disease that in recent years has posed serious challenges to health systems worldwide, including Afghanistan&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF reports that nearly 87% of eligible people in Afghanistan are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, highlighting ongoing vaccination efforts despite challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16409","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\/16409","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=16409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}