Overview
- Government figures report 227 child deaths and nearly 35,000 suspected infections since mid-March.
- The World Health Organization says the outbreak spans 58 of 64 districts and mostly affects young children.
- Health workers, backed by UNICEF, WHO and security forces, are running emergency vaccination drives for children.
- Kurukpata in the Chittagong Hill Tracts stands out as hard to reach, where long travel and cost keep families from clinics.
- Courts are pressing officials to explain failures and secure vaccine supplies after reports of falling coverage and a missed mass campaign since 2020.