Measles: upcoming dates

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Bangladesh's Catch-Up Measles-Rubella Campaign Closes

  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mohakhali, Dhaka, BangladeshMinistry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)

  

  Starts 10/31/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 29 daysThe Daily Star^[1], 26 September 2026: "The campaign aims to cover an estimated 34 lakh children in the age group and will continue until October 31."

  Bangladesh's month-long catch-up measles-rubella drive for about 3.4 million children aged 6 to 59 months, launched on 26 September by the health minister, is due to run until 31 October. It targets children missed by earlier rounds during the country's worst measles outbreak.

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  PAHO Reviews US and Mexico Measles Elimination Status

  Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, United StatesPan American Health Organization

  

  Starts 11/30/2026DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins7 months late68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 59 daysPAHO^[1][2] says the review will occur "in November 2026, during the Commission's regular annual meeting" of the RVC, giving no day, so the pin takes the last day of November.

  PAHO's Regional Verification Commission will decide in November 2026 whether the United States and Mexico, each a year into sustained measles transmission, keep their elimination status; Canada and the Americas region already lost theirs in November 2025.

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