US set to donate 2.19 crore doses of measles vaccines

The United States is set to donate 2.19 crores of measles vaccine doses to help Bangladesh address a sudden outbreak, and in the process protect Americans from a cross-boundary infection surge.

The US embassy in Dhaka announced the donation in a post published on its official Facebook page on Wednesday.

The donated doses would protect 1.20 crore Bangladeshi children aged below five years, it said.

The doses will be provided to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through UNICEF under an emergency vaccination campaign.

“This effort reflects the Trump Administration's America First Global Health Strategy—preventing disease outbreaks abroad keeps America and Bangladesh safe, strengthens global health systems, and protects communities from infectious diseases,” the Facebook post added.