{"id":18550,"date":"2026-02-11T04:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18550"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:01:19","slug":"japan-pledges-6-3-million-to-support-polio-eradication-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/11\/japan-pledges-6-3-million-to-support-polio-eradication-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan pledges $6.3 million to support polio eradication in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Tuesday night that the Japanese government has donated $6.3 million to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in Afghanistan.<br>Meanwhile, the Japanese embassy in Afghanistan stated that this financial aid package would be utilized in collaboration with UNICEF through Japan&#8217;s International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<br>In a statement, the Japanese embassy emphasized Japan&#8217;s commitment to protecting every child and ensuring that no one is left without support.<br>UNICEF has confirmed that the Japanese aid package will be used to combat polio across 34 provinces of Afghanistan.<br>Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries in Asia where polio remains endemic.<br>The Ministry of Public Health is working, in coordination with international organizations, to eradicate this deadly disease in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Tuesday night that the Japanese government has donated $6.3 million to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in Afghanistan.Meanwhile, the Japanese embassy in Afghanistan stated that this financial aid package would be utilized in collaboration with UNICEF through Japan&#8217;s International Cooperation Agency (JICA).In a statement, the Japanese embassy emphasized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18552,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18550\/revisions\/18552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}