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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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Figure 3

Geographic distribution during large measles outbreak, Bangladesh, 2026. Map shows cases/100,000 population for each division during March 15–May 27, 2026; the outbreak is ongoing. Data were sourced from Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services and Bureau of Statistics (8,9,12,13) Population and Housing Census 2022 (10).

Figure 3. Geographic distribution during large measles outbreak, Bangladesh, 2026. Map shows cases/100,000 population for each division during March 15–May 27, 2026; the outbreak is ongoing. Data were sourced from Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services and Bureau of Statistics (8,9,12,13) Population and Housing Census 2022 (10).

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