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WHO support increases the capacity of Central Public Health Laboratory in Jordan
2 December 2020 – With the generous support of the European Union Trust Fund Health Emergency Project, the World Health Organization has contributed to increasing COVID-19 testing capacity of the Central Public Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Health of Jordan with a donation of a fully automated analyzer COBAS 6800 that runs around 1300...
WHO launches COVID-19 clinical management online training
8 October 2020 – On 5 October 2020, Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, and Dr Maria Cristina Profili, WHO Representative in Jordan, opened the COVID-19 clinical management online training course, together with Dr Ghazi Sharkas, Director of the Primary Health Care Administration, on behalf of H.E the...
Results of Jordan National STEPwise Survey (STEPs) of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors 2019
30 September 2020, Amman – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Jordan, constituting 78% of the total deaths, being mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. At the end of 2019, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Center for Strategic Studies of the...
WHO welcomes Kuwait's generous donation to support COVID-19 response measures at points of entry
6 July 2020 – The Ministry of Health of Jordan, in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), has conducted a series of training workshops to build the capacity of health workers at points of entry to scale up Jordan’s preparedness and response operations for COVID-19. Over the course of 10 days, more than 120 participants from 7 points of...
Making the economic case for tobacco control action in Jordan
8 July 2019, Amman – High-level political dialogue was held under the patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Jordan Dr Omar Al-Razzaz, on the findings of an international study on the economic investment case of tobacco control in Jordan. The study is the first systematic and robust analysis of the combined health and economic burden of...
World Cancer Day - “I Am and I Will”
4 February 2019 – Each year on 4 February, World Cancer Day is celebrated as an opportunity to commemorate, raise awareness and rally everyone – governments, civil society, individuals and the international community – to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer. Organized by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a...
Consultation highlights Government's commitment to universal health coverage
H.E. the Prime Minister Dr Omar Al-Razzaz 20 January 2019 – Under the patronage of H.E. the Prime Minister Dr Omar Al-Razzaz, the Ministry of Health of Jordan, conducted a consultative meeting with a wide range of stakeholders to agree on pragmatic steps towards achieving universal health coverage in Jordan, in collaboration with the WHO country...
WHO Jordan painted orange in support of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence Campaign
Amman, 29 November 2018 – WHO, UN staff, and health partners in Jordan gathered today at the WHO Hub in Amman to show their support for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence Campaign and this year’s Orange the World: #HearMeToo campaign. Everyone showed their support by posting their pledges on the Orange the World board, taking...
WHO provides support to the Jordanian Ministry of Health in developing a national antimicrobial resistance surveillance system
WHO Representative to Jordan Dr Maria Cristina Profili (top of table, right) stated that national action plan on AMR facilitated and provided a platform for the implementation of all AMR-related activities in Jordan20 September 2018 – Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognized by global leaders, technical experts and policy-makers as one...
WHO's Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage visits Jordan
29 July 2018 – Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage, visited Jordan to gain an overview on the health system in the country. Dr Yamamoto is keen that the scope of work on universal health coverage in all countries addresses the health needs of vulnerable populations, refugees and migrants in order...
