The death toll from measles in Bangladesh has topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said Wednesday, admitting that failures in a vaccination drive may have fuelled the outbreak.

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…

Bangladesh is battling what the US CDC lists as the worlds largest measles outbreak, with 999 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March. More than…