Anonymousabout 4 hours ago
A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has infected more than 45,000 children and killed at least 400 since early 2026, driven by a nationwide vaccine stockout that followed the interim government's shift in procurement policy after the 2024 revolution. The crisis exposes how political disruption, staffing vacancies across nearly half of field-level immunization posts, and missed vitamin A campaigns compounded to erode herd immunity — turning a preventable childhood disease into a public health emergency.