Bangladesh, Sept. 20 -- Another special nationwide measles vaccination campaign targeting 3.4 million children aged between six months and 59 months will begin on September 26 and continue until October 31, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said on Sunday.

Advertisement The minister announced at a press conference at the Secretariat, reports UNB.

He said a measles vaccination campaign was conducted nationwide from April until May 20 with support from UNICEF, Gavi and the World Health Organisation, achieving 102-104 per cent of the target of vaccinating 18 million children.

A subsequent vitamin A campaign, which covered 22.3 million children, found that around 4.3 million children were missed in the previous ...