The world is worried over Hantavirus and Ebola but another deadly outbreak in India's neighbouring country Bangladesh has killed more than 500 people, mostly children under the age of 5, reports NPR. A devasting measles outbreak in Bangladesh has sparked concerns among the health officials and ever since the virus took off in mid-March, the country has reported more than 60,000 suspected cases and 528 measles-related deaths. Most cases recorded in Bangladesh have been among children aged between six months and five years.
"We've been crying out loud about this from the beginning, but it has been a silent situation," Hasina Rahman told NPR. "There hasn't been much attention around it." "It is huge, with just so much strain on the [health care] systems," says Rahman, who is the International Rescue Committee's deputy regional director for Asia.
