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Bangladesh aims to vaccinate over 1 million children as fatal measles outbreak spreads

Bangladesh has launched an emergency โ vaccination campaign โ targeting more than a โ million children as a fast-spreading measles outbreak sweeps across the country. Health ministry figures show there have been 17 confirmed deaths from measles so far, with 113 suspected โ€Œdeaths and more than 7,500 suspected infections nationwide. The campaign, led by the health ministry with support from Unicef, the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, began in 18 high-risk districts,...