Govt to appoint 10,000 more midwives to ensure better services to mothers, newborns: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will appoint 10,000 more midwives gradually to ensure better healthcare for mothers and newborn babies. “In 2010 at a programme in the United Nations headquarters, I pledged to recruit 30,000 midwives. In continuation of that the government has been able to appoint 20,000 midwi...

Community clinics model: UN adopts resolution highlighting Sheikh Hasina initiative

The United Nations unanimously adopted the first-ever resolution on community-based healthcare on Tuesday. The resolution, titled “Community-based primary healthcare: a participatory and inclusive approach to universal health coverage,” acknowledged the important role community clinics play in promoting primary healthcare, women's e...