AMMAN — The
Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday signed a
country support program, supported by Qatar, for 2022–2023, according to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
Health Minister Feras
Hawari said the agreement is aimed at bolstering the WHO's support for Jordan's
health sector, adding that the country support program was developed to address
national health priorities. He pointed that the Qatari support plan was developed
in coordination between the Ministry of Health, the
WHO office in Jordan on the
basis of national health priorities, and the WHO’s 13th general program of
action, the vision of the regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the
UN frameworks in Jordan.
For her part, WHO
Representative to Jordan Jamela Raiby said the WHO will support and implement
areas of cooperation and activities under the main axes of universal health
coverage, emergencies, population health, information and data, based on
national health priorities.
The plan is based on the
country cooperation agreement 2021–2025 between the ministry and the WHO that
was signed at the latter’s regional office in Cairo.
The estimated cost of the
plan is $21 million, which is a planned cost and does not indicate the funds
available for implementation.
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