JICA-supported nursing capacity building project concludes in Dhaka

The Final Stakeholder Workshop of the Project for Capacity Building of Nursing Services Phase II (CBNS-II), supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), was held on Monday, at The ATM Shamsul Haque Auditorium, CIRDAP, Dhaka. 

The event marked the conclusion of a four-year initiative implemented from March 2022 to June 2026 to strengthen nursing education and clinical practice across Bangladesh.

The workshop brought together representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM), Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC), Bangladesh Nursing Association (BNA), public nursing colleges, medical college hospitals, and development partners. Implemented in close collaboration with these institutions, CBNS-II implemented a range of practical activities to strengthen nursing education and clinical practice in Bangladesh. These included strengthening practical guidance manuals, developing 64 Master Trainers and 472 Clinical Nurse Teachers, and providing faculty development and nursing management training. The project also supported accreditation for four nursing colleges and promoted institutional networking across eight public nursing colleges and their affiliated hospitals.

Morikawa Yuko, Senior Representative of JICA and Md Nora Alam Siddiqui, Additional Secretary, Medical Education Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare spoke in the workshop.