AMMAN — Jordan was ranked third among
Arab states and 66th internationally (195 countries included) in the
2021 Global Health Security index (GHS), excelling in immunization against
preventable diseases, whether childhood infections or the highly contagious
influenza.
اضافة اعلان
The GHS Index
assesses countries’ health security and capabilities across six categories and
37 indicators and measures health security in the context of
other factors critical to combating outbreaks, such as political and security
risks, the broader strength of the health system, and the country’s adherence
to global standards.
GHS website
states, “all countries remain
dangerously unprepared for future epidemic and pandemic threats, including
threats potentially more devastating than
COVID-19.”
According to the GHS Index, Jordan is among the
best countries in the sample transport system and has the ability to expand
emergency transport and testing systems, which are critical elements in
countries' ability to monitor and detect the outbreak of infectious diseases.
The index stated that Jordan had demonstrated a
high capacity to identify, locate, isolate and treat people affected by
infectious diseases. It also indicated Jordan’s strong capacity to develop and
regularly update emergency plans to respond to public health issues.
Jordan has been able to develop an effective
strategy to provide citizens with appropriate messages as a matter of urgency
and to reduce rumors or misinformation, stated the report, listing the
Kingdom’s high readiness in medical personnel, hospitals, and health centers.
The index was first launched in 2019. It was developed by prestigious institutions
in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative ‘NTI’ and the
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, in
collaboration with the
Economist Impact.
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