--- title: "144 children die from diphtheria and measles in Karachi since January" description: "Most outlets reported the number of child deaths from diphtheria and measles in Karachi since January, citing four tertiary care hospitals. Dawn added context about delayed vaccination and a decline in cases according to an EPI official. ProPakistani provided the same core statistic but framed it as occurring in 2026, which differs from Dawn’s present-tense reporting." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1760-measles-and-diphtheria-claim-lives-of-144-children site: HarZaviya language: en --- # 144 children die from diphtheria and measles in Karachi since January pakistan · latest filing 5 Aug 2026, 7:48 AM PKT · 4–5 Aug 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the number of child deaths from diphtheria and measles at four hospitals in Karachi since January, with Dawn specifying the timeframe as "this year" and ProPakistani stating the year as 2026. Dawn included additional context about parental vaccination practices and a claim of declining cases from an EPI official, while ProPakistani summarized the deaths and linked to a full article. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 5 Aug 2026 — Preventable deaths (1 outlet) - **Dawn** — [Preventable deaths](https://www.dawn.com/news/2020701/preventable-deaths) · 5 Aug 2026, 7:48 AM PKT > THE deaths of 144 children from measles and diphtheria in Karachi during the first seven months of the year expose a grave failure of routine immunisation. That failure is evident in the large number of children who receive their earliest vaccines but are never brought back for the doses needed to complete their protection. Officials may cite a decline in reported cases, but that offers little ... ### 4 Aug 2026 — 144 children die from diphtheria and measles in Karachi since January (2 outlets) > Most outlets reported the number of child deaths from diphtheria and measles in Karachi since January, citing four tertiary care hospitals. Dawn added context about delayed vaccination and a decline in cases according to an EPI official. ProPakistani provided the same core statistic but framed it as occurring in 2026, which differs from Dawn’s present-tense reporting. - **ProPakistani** — [Measles and Diphtheria Claim Lives of 144 Children in Karachi in 2026](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/04/measles-and-diphtheria-claim-lives-of-144-children-in-karachi-in-2026/) · 4 Aug 2026, 4:53 PM PKT > At least 144 children have died from measles and diphtheria at four major hospitals in Karachi during the first seven… Read More The post Measles and Diphtheria Claim Lives of 144 Children in Karachi in 2026 appeared first on ProPakistani. - **Dawn** — [144 children lost to diphtheria, measles since January in Karachi](https://www.dawn.com/news/2020448/144-children-lost-to-diphtheria-measles-since-january-in-karachi) · 4 Aug 2026, 8:21 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > • Deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases reported at four tertiary care city hospitals• Expert says most parents fail to ensure children receive recommended doses on time• EPI official claims cases declined this year KARACHI: At least 144 children have lost to measles and diphtheria — both vaccine-preventable infections — at four key tertiary care hospitals in the first seven months of this y... 3 articles from 2 outlets, 4–5 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.