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Bangladesh launches measles vaccination drive amid deadly outbreak

Authorities said the month-long drive will help close immunity gaps after the outbreak caused 1,087 confirmed and suspected deaths, health ministry data showed.

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Health experts have attributed the crisis to disruptions in routine immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025, when political turmoil, changes to vaccine procurement and the postponement or cancellation of vaccination campaigns left many children unprotected.

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Bangladesh Is Launching a Measles Vaccination Campaign After More than a Thousand People Have Died.

Today, Saturday, Bangladesh launched a national measles and rubella vaccination campaign targeting 3.4 million children, at a time when the country is facing the worst outbreak of measles in its history, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives and injured tens of thousands.

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WTVB broke the news on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
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