Dr. Hanan Sboul participated in the meeting of country status report 2020 discussion, which discussed the health sector status during the Corona pandemic, the meeting was held Dec. 28th 2020, the Minister of Health Natheer Obeidat said Monday that a proposal is currently under consideration for the introduction of universal healthcare insurance that leads to setting up a unified referral entity that involves multiple stakeholders. This type of insurance will be under one umbrella and one fund managed by the Ministry of Health with the participation of many bodies, such as the Social Security Corporation, Obeidat told a Zoom-powered meeting

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Jordan has recorded 60 deaths and 7,933 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to 163,926. The number of COVID-19 deaths in Jordan now totals 1,969. The cases are: 2,412 in Amman 998 in Irbid, including 230 in Ramtha 522 in Zarqa 347 in Karak 144 in Ma'an, including 70 in Petra 65 in Tafilah 1,893 in Aqaba 708 in Jerash 379 in Balqa 291 in Madaba 127 in Mafraq 47 in Ajloun A total of 248 cases have been admitted to the hospitals, and 214 have been discharged upon

تعزيزًا للتعاون المشترك العلمي والتطبيقي وتبادل الخبرات والتدريب في مجال الصيدلة، وُقع المركز الريادي للأبحاث الأكاديمية التطبيقية في إدارة الرعاية العلاجية وخدمة المرضى في الجامعة الهاشمية والاتحاد الأردني لمنتجي الادوية مذكرة تفاهم مشتركة بين الجانبين، وقعها عن الاتحاد الدكتور ماهر محمد الكردي رئيس الاتحاد وعن الجامعة الأستاذ الدكتور فواز عبد الحق الزبون رئيس الجامعة، بحضور كل من أمين عام الاتحاد الدكتورة حنان السبول والدكتور مهند عودة مدير المركز الريادي. تهدف المذكرة إلى تبادل الخبرات في الشؤون العلمية والتطبيقية والرقابية والتعاون في مجالات البحث العلمي التطبيقي وتأهيل طلبة كليات الصيدلة لتزويدهم بالمهارات اللازمة حسب متطلبات العمل في مجال الصناعة الدوائية وتقديم

The Minister of Labour announced the new amendments to the procedures that must be taken in the private sector to prevent and limit the spread of the Corona virus and transmit infection during the second wave of COVID-19, in the workplace to deal with epidemics and to protect workers and employers in the work environment To read the procedure please visit the link: http://www.mol.gov.jo/Default/Ar

A total of 252 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Jordan on Sunday, 248 of which are local cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to 3,314. The increase in the number of cases is due to large gatherings, including weddings and funerals, and lack of compliance with health and safety measures. Two new COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Jordan on Sunday — in Prince Hamzah Hospital and Jordan University Hospital. A total of 50 recovery cases have been confirmed in Jordan on Sunday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth, according to preliminary findings shared with WHO. The benefit was only seen in patients seriously ill with COVID-19, and was not observed in patients with milder disease. “This is the first treatment to be shown to reduce mortality in patients

Executive Summary C-TAP, the voluntary initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight Covid-19 accessible to all, has been launched by the WHO, in partnership with Costa Rica. The World Health Organization has announced the launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, or CTAP, insisting that the initiative “will help ensure faster and more equitable access to existing and new COVID-19 health products.” Last month, Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado’s proposal on pooling rights to COVID-19 tests, medicines and vaccines, with free access or licensing on reasonable and affordable terms for all countries, was adopted

No new coronavirus cases were recorded in Jordan today, the Minister of Health, Saad Jaber, has announced. "However, one new death was reported at Queen Alia Military Hospital," Jaber said during a press briefing at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management. "Six recovery cases were reported today, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 351," the Minister stated. "Nearly 3,000 random COVID-19 tests have been conducted today and all the results were negative. We have increased our health capabilities, as we have so far produced 1,300,000 face masks. In addition, the number of epidemiological inspection teams have

Global health actors, private sector partners and other stakeholders are launching a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable global access to new COVID-19 essential health technologies. This event will be broadcast in English, with interpretation available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Russian. To watch the event please watch: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/04/24/default-calendar/global-collaboration-to-accelerate-new-covid-19-tools