Measles-Outbreak

Providing basic healthcare to many communities is a major challenge because of scattered settlements and limited communication systems in remote hill areas. That crisis has intensified amid the measles outbreak in the country. The number of cases identified in just one district has crossed 1,500. The health department has reported eight deaths. However, locals claim the number is 19. Measles has spread to some areas of the hills where vaccination is extremely difficult. The rising trend in...

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...

Five more children have died from measles and related symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, from 8 pm Thursday to 8 am Friday, while 1,107 new infections and suspected cases were reported during the same period. The figures were released Friday in the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) regular measles situation report. According to the agency, all five children who died had been receiving treatment with symptoms consistent with measles. However, none of the deaths...

Measles is a highly contagious disease. From a single infected person, the virus can spread to 12 to 18 others. With increased travel and social interaction during the upcoming Eid holidays, public health experts fear a further surge in infections. They warn that hospital-based care alone is no long...

National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has blamed the interim government for the rise in measles outbreaks in Bangladesh. He said many children died prematurely because the government failed to import measles vaccines on time. He made the remarks on Tuesday (May 26) in response to jour...

At least 17 children have been infected with measles at the government-run Shishu Nibash in Dhaka’s Shyamoli area, out of a total of 36 children living there. Two children have already died, raising serious concerns about health management and child safety at the facility.A 9-month-old child, Khushb...

Six more lives have been lost to measles and its symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours (from 8:00 AM Tuesday to 8:00 AM Wednesday). During this period, 1,408 new cases of measles and related symptoms were reported. This information was disclosed in the regular report of the Directorate Ge...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed all government healthcare institutions to designate separate wards and cabins for measles and suspected measles patients. Additionally, specialist doctors must conduct rounds twice daily, including on public holidays.This directive was i...

Twelve more children have died from measles and measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, from 8:00 am Thursday to 8:00 am Friday. With these latest deaths, the total number of deaths from measles and related symptoms has reached 451 over the past two months, according to a p...

Nine more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours (from 8:00 AM Friday to 8:00 AM Saturday). Among them, measles was confirmed in three children, while six others exhibited symptoms of the disease. With this, the total death toll has reached 352 chi...

Seven more people have died from measles and related symptoms in the past 24 hours in Bangladesh. During the same period, 1,494 new cases of measles and measles-like symptoms have been recorded. The information was disclosed in a press release issued on Friday by the Health Department’s cont...

Faruk’s life lasted only 241 days. Out of that brief existence, 99 days were spent moving from one hospital to another. It began with diarrhea, but the list of complications grew longer day by day. His father, a CNG-auto driver, sold everything he owned to keep the treatment going. However, Far...

In the last 24 hours (from 8:00 AM Friday to 8:00 AM Saturday), 11 more children have died across the country from measles and measles-related symptoms. Since March 15, a total of 209 children have died from measles symptoms, while 42 children have died after being confirmed positive for measles dur...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the measles situation in Bangladesh. With infections spreading across 58 of the country’s 64 districts, the current situation has been assessed as a national ‘high-risk’ outbreak, according to a report published by the agency on...