Bangladesh launches emergency vaccination campaign as measles outbreak spreads - Reuters
Bangladesh launches emergency vaccination campaign as measles outbreak spreads Reuters
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"UNICEF is deeply concerned about the sharp rise in measles cases across Bangladesh, putting thousands of children, especially the youngest and most vulnerable, at serious risk."
— Rana Flowers , Activist
"This campaign will help prevent further tragic loss of young lives."
— Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed , Executive
"UNICEF is deeply concerned about the sharp rise in measles cases across Bangladesh, putting thousands of children, especially the youngest and most vulnerable, at serious risk."
— Rana Flowers , Activist
"This campaign will help prevent further tragic loss of young lives."
— Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed , Executive
"The campaign covers children aged between six months and five years in the country's 18 districts, where the infection rate is relatively high."
— Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain , Politician
"The emergency campaign was designed following experts' recommendations to quickly control the spread of the disease and ensure protection for children at risk."
— Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain , Politician
"UNICEF is deeply concerned about the sharp rise in measles cases across Bangladesh, putting thousands of children, especially the youngest and most vulnerable, at serious risk."
— Rana Flowers , Activist
"This campaign will help prevent further tragic loss of young lives."
— Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed , Executive
"The emergency campaign was designed following experts' recommendations to quickly control the spread of the disease and ensure protection for children at risk."
— Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain , Politician
Key People
World Health Organization's representative to Bangladesh.
Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed is the World Health Organization's representative to Bangladesh.
Rana Flowers is UNICEF's representative to Bangladesh.
The Bangladeshi Health and Family Welfare Minister who inaugurated the measles-rubella vaccination campaign.
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The Bangladeshi government has launched an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign targeting more than 1.3 million children in areas with high infection rates, as the death toll from suspected cases continues to rise.
Bangladesh has initiated an emergency vaccination campaign aimed at over a million children amid a fast-spreading measles outbreak, with confirmed deaths and thousands of suspected cases, targeting high-risk districts and focusing on children aged 6 months to 5 years who missed routine immunisation.
Bangladesh has initiated an emergency vaccination campaign targeting over a million children amid a rapidly spreading measles outbreak, with 17 confirmed deaths and more than 7,500 suspected infections nationwide.
The Bangladeshi government has launched an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign targeting more than 1.3 million children in high-infection areas, as the death toll from suspected cases continues to rise.
Bangladesh has launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting over a million children as a fast-spreading measles outbreak sweeps across the country, with 17 confirmed deaths and more than 7,500 suspected infections nationwide.
Bangladesh has launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting over a million children as a fast-spreading measles outbreak sweeps across the country, with 17 confirmed deaths and more than 7,500 suspected infections nationwide.
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