More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring

Thirteen-month-old Jannat cries as her mother Sohana, a garment worker, tries to feed her. The child is hospitalized for measles at DNCC Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Anike Rahman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anike Rahman for NPR Hantavirus and Ebola are making headlines. But another deadly outbreak is unfolding that's barely registered on the global scene. "We've been crying out loud about this from the beginning, but it has been a silent situation," says Hasina Rahman. "There hasn't been much attention around it." She's talking about a devastating measles outbreak in Bangladesh. Since the virus took off in mid-March, the country has tallied more than 60,000 suspected cases and 528 suspected measles-related deaths. The vast majority of the sick and dead are children under age 5. "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. Miftahul Zannat's family knows how strained the healthcare system is firsthand. The 2-year-old developed classic symptoms of measles — including a fever and rash — as well as vomiting and diarrhea. After two hospital stays near their home in Bhairab, Zannat was not improving. She became lethargic and refused to eat. "Once she fell ill, she became completely bedridden. She couldn't even open her eyes," says her father, Mohammad Kamal. …