Herd-Immunity

The government previously had said that measles would be under control by June. However, five months after the outbreak began, infections and deaths continue unabated. Recently, the Minister of State for Health said if everything is done properly, it might take another two to three months to bring measles under control. Public health experts and scientific officers, however, said there is little chance of measles declining anytime soon. The outbreak will persist until at least 95 percent of elig...

Measles, a preventable disease, continues to pose a serious public health concern in Bangladesh. An average of 1,056 people are contracting the disease each day, while seven die daily on average. Most of those infected and deceased are children. The trend has remained largely unchanged since March, although the death toll has declined somewhat. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) began maintaining fresh data on the measles situation on March 15. An analysis of those figur...