The Maldives will recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh and will send students for medical education here.
In this connection, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Bangladesh and the Maldives at the 32nd meeting of the Ministers of Health of World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEAR) and the 67th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia in the city on Tuesday, reports BSS.
State Minister for health of Bangladesh Zahid Malek and Health Minister of the Maldives Hussain Rasheed signed the deal on behalf of their respective governments.
According to the MoU, Bangladesh will accept students of the Maldives to study medical science and healthcare courses and export medicines to that country.
Maldives will recruit more doctors from Bangladesh.
Earlier in April last, the health minister of Maldives had expressed his country's interest in recruiting physicians and importing pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh.
Praising Bangladesh's success in the health sector, the Maldives minister said the two countries need to strengthen cooperation for development in the health sector as they face same kind of challenges.
Maldives to recruit more doctors, nurses from BD
FE Team | Published: September 10, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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