UNB, Dhaka

The European Union (EU) is providing €175,000 in humanitarian funding to support efforts to prevent measles in Bangladesh.

The funding is part of the EU’s overall contribution to the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

It will be provided to the Bangladesh Red Crescent to facilitate and sustain ongoing vaccination campaigns and carry out other prevention activities, such as distributing hygiene kits, across the country’s eight divisions, said the EU Embassy in Dhaka yesterday.

The most vulnerable families will also receive cash grants to help them face illness-related costs, such as transport to health centres or loss of

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