Bushra-E-Jannat

Bushra-E-Jannat is lecturer in the Department of Graduate Nursing at Bangladesh Medical University (BMU). She can be reached at bushraejannat@gmail.com.

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International Nurses Day / For nurses, respect must go beyond words

12 May 2026, 11:00 AM
Considering the country’s vast population, the number of trained nurses remains far below the standard number recommended by the World Health Organization: there are only 0.7 nurses per 1,000 people in the country, according to 2023 World Bank estimates.
12 May 2026, 11:00 AM