Measles-outbreak-Bangladesh

Amid the ongoing measles outbreak in the country, families are not only struggling to save their children’s lives but are also facing a heavy financial burden. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) jointly conducted a survey that said six out of every 10 families had to break into their savings to afford measles treatment, while around 89 percent of families were forced to take out loans to cover medical e...

Children under 9 months of age, who are not yet eligible for routine vaccination, are the most affected. Additionally, the measles outbreak has yielded no evidence of any genetic changes in the virus that could evade the protection offered by the currently used vaccine. This is what initial findings from ICDDR,B indicate.In a press release today (Monday), ICDDR,B said that given the scale of the outbreak, some have questioned whether genetic changes in the measles virus have reduced vaccine effe...

At least five more children have died in the past 24 hours, from 8 pm Wednesday to 8 am Thursday, with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh, while 1,148 new cases have been reported during the same period. According to a regular bulletin on measles issued Thursday by the Directorate General o...