Public-Health

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...

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...

Nine people died with measles symptoms in the past 24 hours across Bangladesh, pushing the combined death toll from measles-related symptoms to 698. Of them, 605 died with suspected measles, while authorities confirmed measles as the cause of death in 93 cases. The figures emerged from the regul...