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Whatever happened to the measles outbreak that shocked a country this year?

Bangladesh has seen over 50,000 confirmed or suspected cases of measles this year. The death toll among children just surpassed 1,000. How are officials trying to bring the outbreak under control?

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Whatever happened to the measles outbreak that shocked a country this year?
Source: NPR News
The measles ward at Dhaka Shishu Hospital is full, even five months after the start of a massive outbreak in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has seen over 50,000 confirmed or suspected cases of measles this year. The death toll among children just surpassed 1,000. How are officials trying to bring the outbreak under control?

(Image credit: Ali Asif Shawon for NPR)

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