Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Bangladesh needs thousands of trained social workers at the grassroots level to address mental health problems and underlying social challenges, Social Welfare Minister Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said on Sunday.

"Hundreds of trained social workers are not enough; we need thousands and thousands of social workers," he said, calling on university teachers and experts to develop training programmes that would prepare skilled workers to serve people at the grassroots level.

The Minister made these remarks at a seminar titled "Lived Experiences to Meaningful Change: Promoting Clinical Social Work Practice in Mental Health", arranged by the Clinical Social Workers Association of Bangladesh (CSWAB) at the University of Dhaka m...