At least 32 children, most from the Baiga community (one of India's officially designated 'particularly vulnerable tribal groups'), have died since May in remote villages in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh state, officials say. They attribute the deaths mainly to measles and malaria, worsened by malnutrition, poverty, distance from hospitals and delays in seeking treatment, with some families relying on faith healers and ritual responses to illness. The outbreak highlights how weak health access and undernutrition can turn treatable infections into deadly ones among some of India's most marginalised communities.