WORLD NEWS: Due to lack of sufficient vaccination, a measles epidemic has already caused the death of more than a hundred children in Bangladesh since March
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Children suffering from measles receive treatment in a pediatric department of a hospital in Dhaka, April 9, 2026. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP The figures are alarming. Bangladesh is currently experiencing its worst measles outbreak in twenty years. Since mid-March, some 166 children with measles symptoms have died and 19,161 cases of infections have been recorded, according to the health ministry. At the country’s largest pediatric hospital, the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Dhaka, the number of admitted patients has exploded in recent months. Since January, seven children have died from measles at this facility and 271 others have been treated. “As it is a referral hospital, patients come from all over the country, but we cannot admit them all. Currently, 74 people are hospitalized due to measles,” said Mahbubul Hoque, its director. Little Sohana Jannat Rafia, aged 11 months, is one of these patients. Originally from Lakshmipur, located around 140 km from the capital, she started suffering from respiratory problems in early March. First treated for pneumonia, she was from hospital to hospital before the diagnosis of measles was correctly made. This disease is considered one of the most contagious by the World Health Organization, which estimates the number of deaths it causes at 95,000 each year. It is transmitted through the air and particularly affects unvaccinated children under 5 years old. Among the symptoms of the disease: high fever, cough and a rash all over the body. You have 67.19% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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