Bangladesh measles outbreak kills nearly 1,000 as vaccination efforts fall short

In Bangladesh, nearly a thousand children have died from measles over six months — a toll that makes this the world's worst active outbreak of a disease that a simple two-dose vaccine can prevent almost entirely. The crisis is not merely a medical emergency but a mirror held up to the fragility of immunization systems in a nation of 170 million, where coverage gaps have allowed a preventable virus to move unchecked through communities. A vaccination campaign was mounted, but it could not outrun the transmission already underway, leaving health authorities to reckon with both the immediate suff