Over 200,000 additional nurses are needed across the country to reach the number prescribed by the United Nations. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network
Manila (Bloomberg): The Philippines has lifted a decade-old ban on offering nursing programmes in more schools as it looks to boost supply to meet the demand for nurses.
The South-East Asian nation is allowing more colleges and universities to train prospective nurses, following declines in graduates and board passers since a moratorium on new nursing schools was imposed in 2010.
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