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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...
Jordan opens advanced regional medical warehouses in Ma’an Governorate
1 July 2025, Ma’an, Jordan – Jordan has officially inaugurated 4 modernized regional warehouses for medicines and medical supplies in Ma’an Governorate. The facilities were launched under the patronage of H.E. the Minister of Health Professor Feras Hawari, with support from the European Union (EU) and in collaboration with the World Health...
Jordan’s new drink-driving law will save lives
17 June 2025 – Jordan has taken a bold step to make its roads safer with the ratification of a new drink-driving law that meets World Health Organization (WHO) best practice criteria. With technical support from WHO, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan introduced legislation that lowers the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers to...
