American Academy of Pediatrics warn of corporal punishment dangers

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is calling for an immediate ban on corporal punishment worldwide in all settings including schools, homes and madrasahs.In a strong statement issued this week the august medical association comprising of 67,000 professional pediatricians, raised a loud voice in unison to alert the world to...

Global demand of nurses – an opportunity to grab

Bangladesh has a serious lack of healthcare workforce; the situation is even dire when it comes to number of nurses. Nurse-doctor ratio for Bangladesh is the lowest in the world: 1:0.6. According to latest survey, there are only 0.3 nurses per 1,000 population, lowest in the South East Asia. Sri...