STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Doctors’ Platform for People’s Health (DPPH) yesterday demanded that those responsible for the recent surge in preventable deaths of children from measles be identified and punished.

The organisation said negligence in vaccine procurement by the interim government, bureaucratic delays and institutional indifference towards public health have significantly contributed to the ongoing measles outbreak, leaving many children dead.

It called for immediate corrective measures, including launching a nationwide mass vaccination campaign, declaring the measles outbreak a public health emergency, and undertaking all-out efforts with the highest priority to contain the crisis.

DPPH, formed in May 2020, made the observations and demands at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity titled “Deaths of Children in Measles: What Should Be Done in this Public Health Emergency”.

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