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Jordan receives first shipment of life-saving childhood cancer medicines through the global platform
Photo credit: WHO 22 February 2026, Amman, Jordan – On World Childhood Cancer Day, Jordan celebrated a major milestone in childhood cancer care: the first delivery of life-saving medicines supplied through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines. This makes Jordan the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and...
Jordan marks International Childhood Cancer Day with three major national breakthroughs
17 February 2026, Amman, Jordan - Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan commemorated International Childhood Cancer Day 2026 by unveiling three transformative national initiatives to strengthen the country’s cancer response. The...
Jordan joins the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines
24 September 2024, Amman, Jordan – In a signing ceremony today, the Government of Jordan, represented by the Ministry of Health (MoH), and World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Jordan has become the first Member State in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to join the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines. The platform,...
Protecting children, promoting health: food labelling in focus
31 August 2025, Amman, Jordan – Under the patronage of H.E. the Minister of Health Dr Ibrahim Al-Bdour, policy-makers, health experts and civil society leaders gathered in Amman to advance a national agenda that seek to strengthen food labelling and restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods, particularly those targeting children. The High-Level...
WHO and the Ministry of Health launch a fitness and well-being facility at Jordan’s National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts
20 August 2025, Amman, Jordan – As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean’s flagship Initiative to accelerate public health action on substance use, WHO Jordan and the Ministry of Health inaugurated a new fitness and well-being facility at the National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts...
Jordan launches a national strategy for health sector adaptation to climate change
16 July 2025, Amman, Jordan – Today the Ministry of Health officially launched the National Climate Change Health Sector Adaptation Strategy, developed with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO), during an event held in Amman. The launch took place under the patronage of H.E. the Minister of Health Professor Feras Hawari, and...
