Bangladesh's measles numbers have become large enough to hide the smaller question a parent needs answered. CBS reported suspected cases above 56,000, spread across most districts, and an emergency vaccination campaign reaching 18 million children. [1]

The paper's May 19 brief said Bangladesh still had a WHO map, not a parent service map. The May 21 follow-up said the court had named WHO, UNICEF and IEDCR in a possible commission. Friday's CBS report strengthens the crisis frame, but it does not close the service gap.

CDC's global measles page keeps Bangladesh in the top outbreak list for the most recent comparison window. [2] That helps travelers and epidemiologists. It does less for a family asking where to get a catch-up dose next week, whether a district clinic has supply, or whether a school will accept a child with one dose.

X will make the story a procurement indictment. MSM will count the children. Both are necessary. The missing article remains local and practical: name the clinic, the day, the dose, and the parent who can use the information before another child is counted.

Until that map appears, the scale of the campaign and the usefulness of the campaign remain different facts.

-- PRIYA SHARMA, Delhi