Combat Bangladesh measles outbreaks by prioritizing EPI vaccines and identifying early fever or maculopapular rashes. Dr Syed Abu Sayeed emphasizes MR1 and MR2 doses to restore herd immunity, preventing severe pneumonia or paediatric encephalitis cases.

Sonia Akhter was trying to cool down her nine-month-old daughter, Tasnia, who seemed restless with measles and fever at the dedicated measles ward of Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in the capital.

Bangladesh is once again facing a public health threat that is both familiar and preventable. Since early January 2026, the country has seen a surge in measles cases, with thousands of suspected infections and a rising number of deaths.

Bangladesh was successful in controlling rubella in 2018 and was supposed to eliminate measles and rubella from the country this year, but now it is struggling to deal with a measles outbreak.

Years of vaccine gaps and stockpile failures left thousands of children vulnerable to infection, he tells parliament

Drive targets over 13.23 lakh children as suspected measles deaths reach 98 nationwide

The government today launches an emergency measles-rubella vaccination drive targeting over 13 lakh children, aged six months to under five years, in 30 upazilas of 18 districts, where the infection rate is relatively high.

Death toll rises to 38 this year as patient admissions continue to put pressure on paediatric wards

Ministers grapple with fuel crisis, measles, backlash over reforms

The government yesterday reported 94 suspected measles deaths, mostly among children, over the past 19 days, alongside 5,792 suspected cases nationwide, suggesting the outbreak is far more severe than earlier thought.

Designing better policies in times of crisis is not the challenge, but designing them for real behaviour is.

The ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh continues to raise public health concerns.

At least 56 of the 64 districts have reported measles cases as of March 28, officials said citing reports from both the government and the World Health Organisation -- indicating widespread national transmission of the infectious disease.

Govt must bolster vaccination drive to tackle measles outbreak

The National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) yesterday recommended lowering the age for receiving the measles vaccine to six months, as one-third of the children recently infected with measles are under nine months, the current age for vaccination.

Govt must rebuild broken immunisation system amid reports of deaths

This year, measles cases count stands at 674 in the country

At least 38 children have died of measles and related complications this year as the infectious disease is spreading in the capital and several other districts.

Leaders of the Tripura community in Khagrachhari protest the remarks made by the Khagrachhari deputy commissioner and civil surgeon to the PM that the communities’ “superstition” is the sole reason for the spread of measles in the Chattogram Hill Tracts region.

Six health workers of Chittagong’s Sitakunda are transferred to a remote char of Sandwip as punitive measure in wake of the death of nine children from measles in the upazila.