Health officials on Thursday launched the national mental health strategy to improve treatment for people with mental illness and eliminate the stigma of mental health in the Kingdom. Deputising for HRH Princess…
Category: disease
Psychosocial services project gets new lease of life
A project providing vulnerable Iraqi children living in Jordan with psychosocial services is about to experience a rebirth thanks to a partnership agreement with the Noor Al Hussein Foundation’s Institute for Family…
H1N1 count reaches 50
Fifty cases of H1N1 influenza have been recorded in the Kingdom since the strand re-emerged earlier this month, according to a health ministry statement issued on Sunday. The statement said 17 patients…
Four H1N1 fatalities reported
The number of H1N1 influenza-related deaths reached four since the reemergence of the disease earlier this month, an official source said on Monday. The overall number of swine flu cases, including the…
Second H1N1 fatality confirmed
A woman died from complications brought on by H1N1 influenza on Friday, raising the total number of swine flu-related deaths in the Kingdom to two since the strand re-emerged earlier this month….
Prevention better than cure
Jordan has just had its first swine flu fatality this winter, while authorities announced that there are seven other cases receiving treatment and that the possibility of a second outbreak is very…
H1N1 case detected in Jordan
Minister of Health Mahmoud Sheyyab announced Sunday that authorities have detected a new H1N1 case in the Kingdom. He said that a lady diagnosed with the flu was being treated at a…
Prevention at all times
While there is no HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jordan, where only a handful of cases has been reported since the beginning of this year, the disease still assumes worrisome proportions worldwide. Jordan, with…
KHCC receives WHO accreditation as regional training centre
The King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) has received accreditation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a collaborative centre for training in the Middle East, representatives from the two institutions said on…
Kingdom to mark World AIDS day in Zarqa
The Kingdom will mark World AIDS day in Zarqa today with an event to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. This year’s day, under the theme “Universal Access and Human Rights”, is being marked…
Thirteen factories shut down for violating health regulations
Thirteen factories and vocational workshops were shut down in October for health and environmental violations, according to a Ministry of Environment report. In addition, 5,017 tickets and warnings were issued last month…
Experts urge Arab countries to pursue joint vaccine procurement
Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq should form a pooled vaccine procurement mechanism so as to negotiate collectively in purchasing vaccines, health experts said. At a symposium Monday on new vaccines for…
New company to manage medical insurance of members
The Professional Associations Council (PAC) on Saturday inaugurated a medical insurance company in the capital that seeks to improve insurance services for members of several professional associations, according to association officials. The…
Decentralisation of health services comes under focus
Implementing decentralisation in health ministries enables district development, community participation and collaboration among sectors, a World Health Organisation (WHO) representative said on Monday. At the opening session of a workshop on decentralisation…
Goodwill campaign holds free medical day in Deir Alla
Hundreds of residents of the villages of Fannoush and Maisarah in Deir Alla, a few kilometres from the Jordan River, received medical care and in-kind assistance from the National Goodwill Campaign on…