Dhaka, May 9 -- The deaths are real, the causes are complex, and the solutions are largely known. What is needed now is honesty, not about who to blame, but about what needs to change.

Bangladesh is grieving. Many children have died of measles in recent weeks, and many more remain in hospital. The scale of this tragedy cannot be captured by case counts alone. The right questions are not just "how many," but "who is dying, and why?" And what does careful, honest analysis tell us about what needs to change?

WHAT THE DATA SHOWS: The latest official and publicly available data is stark. The World Health Organisation reported that between March 15 and April 13, 2026, Bangladesh recorded 19,161 suspected measles cases across 58 of 64 district...