AMMAN —
HRH Princess Ghida Talal, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of King Hussein
Cancer Foundation and Center, Spanish Ambassador to Jordan Aranzazu Banon
Davalos, and EU Ambassador to Jordan Maria Hadjitheodosiou signed a cooperation
agreement with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
(AECID), funded by the European Trust Fund.
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According to the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, the two-year agreement aims to support efforts of
the Jordan Breast Cancer Program and King Hussein Cancer Foundation to raise
the level of primary care services for non-communicable diseases for Jordanians
and Syrian refugees in Jordan through organizing women-based activities in
several governorates nationwide and spreading awareness on breast cancer
prevention.
Princess Ghida
expressed appreciation for the “strategic” partnership with the AECID and
European Trust Fund and its role in supporting Jordan, which would contribute
to improving the level of health care and increase awareness on cancer.
For her part,
Hadjitheodosiou stressed the EU’s interest in providing the necessary support
to all women in Jordan to have opportunities for early cancer detection, which
would ensure the best future treatment results.
Hadjitheodosiou
also voiced hope for the project to succeed in engaging the local community in
awareness raising awareness and bringing behavioral change to the community at
large.
The Spanish envoy
said raising societal awareness, changing social behaviors, and advocating for
the early detection of breast cancer are the primary tools aimed at improving
women’s access to basic health care.
Spain’s engagement
with Jordanian civil society and the government in its capacity as a “close and
committed” partner of Jordan, is the “best way forward” to strengthen public
services for all and address the effects of the Syria crisis, according to
Davalos.
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