World Health Worker Week

World Health Worker Week 2015 is being observed throughout the world from April 5 to 11. World Health Worker Week is an opportunity to mobilise communities, partners and policy makers in support of health workers. Health workers operate the main health system particularly in the rural areas.

According to the World Health Organization, at least 83 countries lack sufficient health workforces to provide essential health services to their populations. It is estimated that globally at least 7.2 million doctors, nurses and midwives are currently needed. In fact, the farming communities of the world need a sound health system to work effectively to attain food and nutritional security for themselves as well as for the entire global population.

So, we would request the governments to increase budgetary allocation for training and development of the health workers and to strengthen the health service providing system in every nook and cranny of the country.

Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, 
SAU, Dhaka