More than 100 children have died in a measles outbreak in Bangladesh. The outbreak in the Southeast Asian country has been ongoing since March 15. Over 900 cases have been confirmed among more than 7,500 suspected infections.
Bangladesh's authorities have initiated a sharp vaccination effort in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN's children's agency UNICEF, and the vaccine alliance Gavi. On Sunday, vaccines began to be administered to children between 6 months and five years old in 18 hard-hit areas, with the goal that the effort will then become nationwide.