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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Online Report

Nationwide Surveillance and Control Measures during Large Measles Outbreak, Bangladesh, 2026

M. Fazla RabbiComments to Author , Pritom Muztahid, and Farah Al Mahdi
Author affiliation: Management Information System, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh (M.F. Rabbi); Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka (P. Muztahid, F.A. Mahdi)

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Surveillance, reporting, and laboratory specimen pathways during large measles outbreak, Bangladesh, 2026. AHI, assistant health inspector; DGHS, Directorate General of Health Services; DHIS2, district health information software 2; EPI, Expanded Programme on Immunization; HA, health assistant; HI, health inspector; MIS, Management Information System; MT, medical technologist; NP, nasopharyngeal; NPML-IPH, National Polio, Measles and Rubella Laboratory; SIMO, surveillance and immunization medical officer; UHC, Upazila Health Complex (community health center); WHO, World Health Organization.

Figure 1. Surveillance, reporting, and laboratory specimen pathways during large measles outbreak, Bangladesh, 2026. AHI, assistant health inspector; DGHS, Directorate General of Health Services; DHIS2, district health information software 2; EPI, Expanded Programme on Immunization; HA, health assistant; HI, health inspector; MIS, Management Information System; MT, medical technologist; NP, nasopharyngeal; NPML-IPH, National Polio, Measles and Rubella Laboratory; SIMO, surveillance and immunization medical officer; UHC, Upazila Health Complex (community health center); WHO, World Health Organization.

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