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Bangladesh is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in decades, with the disease killing 1,002 children and infecting nearly 190,000 people since March, according to health officials. The outbreak has spread rapidly despite an ongoing vaccination campaign, which health authorities say has fallen short of containing the epidemic. The scale of the deaths has raised alarm among public health experts, who point to gaps in vaccine coverage and healthcare access as key drivers of the crisis. Officials are now under pressure to accelerate immunization efforts to prevent further child deaths.