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Geographical Locations - Jordan
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- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 813
- CIA World Factbook : Jordan
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- The Jordan Red Crescent (JRC)
"The Jordan Red Crescent (JRC) was established on 27 December 1947, recognized by the IFRC in 1948 and admitted to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in 1950. It has its own legislation No 3 for the year 1969 as an independent organization and its statutes were approved by the General Assembly in 1970. [Aim:] 'To alleviate the suffering of the victims and the vulnerable of natural disasters and armed conflicts and to protect their dignity and rights in a manner that preserves their lives, safety, security and well being.'"
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Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- Barriers to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Jordan: A Nationwide Qualitative Study
Background: Depression is one of the most common causes of morbidity in developing countries. It is believed that there are many barriers to diagnosis and treatment in the primary care setting, but little research exists. Methods: Five focus groups were conducted with the goal of exploring themes related to barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of depression, with a purposeful nationwide sample of 50 primary health care providers working in the public health clinics of the Jordanian Ministry of Health (MOH). Participant comments were transcribed and analyzed by the authors, who agreed on common themes. Results: Lack of education about depression, lack of availability of appropriate therapies, competing clinical demands, social issues, and the lack of patient acceptance of the diagnosis were felt to be among the most important barriers to the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with depression in this population. Conclusions: Continuing medical education for providers about depression, provision of counseling services and antidepressant medications at the primary care level, and efforts to destigmatize depression may result in increased rates of recognition and treatment of depression in this population. Systematizing traditional social support behaviors may be effective in reducing the numbers of patients referred for medical care. [author abstract] [J Am Board Fam Pract 2005; 18: 125–31]
- Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan
"Over two million Iraqis are refugees in the Middle East, living in difficult conditions, primarily in Jordan and Syria. Their unresolved plight and their still largely unmet needs constitute a humanitarian crisis. Their presence has had an impact on the two countries where they are concentrated and, by extension, on the region as a whole. Although long hosts to Palestinian refugees, the countries of the Middle East have not been major refugee destinations in recent decades and this report raises questions about the limited regional response to a major refugee flow. At this point, most Iraqis and their hosts hope for a quick and peaceful end to the insecurity that has precipitated the flight, but events in Iraq raise serious doubts that their hopes will soon be fulfilled. Some Iraqis are hoping for resettlement in the United States and other countries of the west, a hope thus far available only to a very few. The report raises questions about the apparently limited ability of the US and other countries to mobilize a major resettlement effort similar to those that took place during the Cold War. More fundamental to the lives of the vast majority of the Iraqi refugees, it calls on the international community to launch a more robust humanitarian response that will assist and protect the Iraqi refugees while addressing the legitimate economic, political and security concerns of Jordan and Syria as hosts to such large numbers of refugees." [Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University and Center for International and Regional Studies Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, 2007]
- Medicine Prices, Availability and Affordability in Jordan: Report of a survey conducted in 2004 in Amman, Irbid, Zarqa and Karak using the WHO/HAI price measurement methodology
"The results of the survey show that the affordability, availability, and prices of medicines in Jordan should be improved in order to ensure equity in access to medicines, especially for the poor. This requires multi-faceted interventions, including the review of policies and regulations, and the implementation of educational interventions to improve the use of generics. There is an urgent need to improve the availability of low priced quality generics in the public sector through improved financing and distribution mechanisms. The current review of pricing policy can also lead substantial reduction of prices in the private sector." [Health Action International, August 2007]
- Midwifery Education in Jordan: History, Challenges and Proposed Solutions
The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical overview of midwifery education in Jordan during the past fifty years with an emphasis on the first bachelor of midwifery program in Jordan. Nine challenges of midwifery education that include expanding midwifery educational needs, accreditation of programs, recruiting qualified faculty members, clinical training, midwifery preceptorship, exit examinations, continuing midwifery education, recognition of midwifery graduates, and lack of graduate midwifery programs are presented. Proposed solutions for these challenges are discussed. [author abstract] [Journal of International Women’s Studies, Vol. 8, no.1, November 2006, pp.185-193]
- Unintended Pregnancies Remain High in Jordan
"One in three pregnancies in Jordan is unintended — either mistimed or unwanted. The high rate of unintended pregnancies is a serious public health issue that impedes the government’s effort to improve women’s and children’s health through longer intervals between births and lower fertility (births per woman)… This research paper intends to help policymakers and program managers in Jordan understand the extent and nature of unintended pregnancies and their implications for women and their families. A better understanding of unintended pregnancies and their causes will enable decisionmakers to remove obstacles that prevent families from having their desired number of children." [Population Reference Bureau, Mena Working Paper Series]
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