The health sector of the country is suffering from an acute shortage of manpower, which has only 0.58 skilled health workers for every 1,000 people, speakers said at a seminar in the city yesterday.
According to the World Health Organization guidelines, there should have 2.5 skilled health workers for per 1,000 people, they said calling upon the private sector to come forward to make health workers to meet the growing demand.
RTM International and Katalyst jointly organised the dissemination seminar on 'private sector health'.
Prof Shah Monir, director general of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), encouraged the private sector to establish institutes to provide quality health education.
Officials of the health and family welfare ministry, development partners, NGO professionals and public health experts attended the seminar.
Ahmed Al Kabir, president of RTM International, highlighted the objectives of the seminar. He said the health sector is suffering from shortage of nurses, health technologists and paramedics.