Dhaka, April 20 -- Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain on Monday formally inaugurated a nationwide emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign aimed at addressing the ongoing outbreak.

The campaign launched around 8:15am at Little Angel Seminary in Jinda Park, Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj.

The initiative aims to vaccinate around 1.8 crore children aged 6 months to under 5 years across the country.

On April 5, the government, with support from UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, launched an emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect more than 1.2 million children aged 6 months to 5 years in 30 upazilas in 18 high-risk districts.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urged all parents ...