vaccination crisis in South Asia; Measles killed more than a thousand people in Bangladesh

The World Health Organization announced that from mid-March (late March 1404) to October 9 (17 October 1405), one thousand and 147 people died of measles in Bangladesh, of which 94% were children under five years of age. The crisis that, together with the reduction of vaccination coverage and the disruption of health programs after the political unrest of 2025 (1404), once again highlights the importance of maintaining collective immunity against infectious diseases in South Asia.

The World Health Organization announced that from mid-March (late March 1404) to October 9 (17 October 1405), one thousand and 147 people died of measles in Bangladesh, of which 94% were children under five years of age. The crisis that, together with the reduction of vaccination coverage and the disruption of health programs after the political unrest of 2025 (1404), has once again highlighted the importance of maintaining collective immunity against infectious diseases in South Asia.