Around 1.8 crore children targeted as authorities respond to rising measles cases

DGHS reports 181 suspected deaths till now

Earlier drives in 30 upazilas and four city corporations now scaled up nationwide

Calls for declaring public health emergency

Health experts and activists have stressed introducing front-of-package labelling (FOPL) on ultra-processed food products to combat the spread of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.

MA Muhit, state minister for health, inaugurated the programme at Karail slum in the capital

Around 12.20 lakh children aged six months to under five years expected to be vaccinated under this initiative

The government has advanced the launch of a special measles and rubella vaccination drive to April 20 from May 3 as measles cases continue to surge.

452 suspected measles cases admitted to RMCH so far this year

Twenty new admissions in 24 hours as patient load continues to rise at hospital

Drive targets over 13.23 lakh children as suspected measles deaths reach 98 nationwide

Special vaccination campaign begins tomorrow in city, 15 upazilas

The government yesterday reported 94 suspected measles deaths, mostly among children, over the past 19 days, alongside 5,792 suspected cases nationwide, suggesting the outbreak is far more severe than earlier thought.

So far, 13 admitted with measles symptoms at 250-Bed General Hospital

The government will launch an emergency measles vaccination campaign from Sunday in response to a sharp rise in deadly cases across several districts.

Three discharged from Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in three days

At least four more children have died from suspected measles and related complications in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 44 so far this year.

The National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) yesterday recommended lowering the age for receiving the measles vaccine to six months, as one-third of the children recently infected with measles are under nine months, the current age for vaccination.

Heath minister and state minister to inspect Dhaka city corporation storage facilities

After August last year, this is the first Nipah virus death in the country