Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Monday said the government’s special measles vaccination campaign has achieved encouraging success in tackling the recent outbreak of the disease. “More than 20 million children across the country have already been vaccin
Another five children have died from suspected measles in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, as health authorities recorded 62 new confirmed infections amid a widening outbreak. None of the latest deaths was laboratory-confirmed measles cases, according to the daily bulletin issued by the Director
In response to the ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh, United Medical College Hospital has launched a dedicated measles management system to provide specialised care for infected children while ensuring the safety of patients across other hospital floors through strict infection-control measure
Another 10 children have died from measles and related symptoms across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, with one confirmed case and the remaining nine showing signs of the disease. Health authorities also detected 53 new confirmed infections during this period. The Directorate General of Health S
Seventeen children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in a 24-hour count. It is the second time in a month that the daily death toll has hit a record of 17. The previous instance was on May 4. So far, 87 people have died of confirmed cases of measles since Mar 15, acc
Sixteen children have died of measles or related symptoms in the past 24 hours, while 128 new cases of the disease have been confirmed. Of the 1,306 people who have come to hospitals with measles-like symptoms over the period, 1,169 have been admitted. So far, 86 people have died from confirmed c
The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola. US citizens, nationals and green card holders had been exempt from a 30-day E
Thirteen more children died from measles and similar symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Saturday, taking the total death toll to 512 since 15th March 2026. This is the second-highest single-day toll since the outbreak of the highly contagious but preventable disease in March this y
A new policy brief has warned that vaccine gaps could worsen antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh amid the ongoing measles outbreak, which experts say has been driven largely by low immunisation coverage. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP), led by One Health Trust and icdd
Persons with disabilities have demanded special allocations in the upcoming national budget, along with financial and institutional reforms to ensure the protection of their basic rights, in line with the election manifesto of the BNP government. The demands were placed at a press conference organ
