The following links concern public health in Jordan. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. Suggest additional resources or tell us if a link is broken. Please write us at: phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb

Audio Visual Materials

• JORDAN Reproductive Health: "Arab Women Speak Out" - Jordan Health Communication Partnership (Johns Hopkins CCP, 2011)
  
• Testimonies from Syrian Refugees Seeking Medical Care in Jordan - Jordan (Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 2012)
  
• Wounded Syrian Refugees Strain Jordan's Health Services (VOAvideo, 2012)
  

Books & Publications

• Almasarweh, I.S. (2003). Adolescent Reproductive Health in Jordan: Status, Issues, Policies, and Programs. Policy Project.
  
• Designing and Integrating Quality Family Health Services at the Salt Model Center in Jordan
  
• Eldis - Jordan
  
• Improving Health Care at the National Level: Insights from an International Policy Seminar/ Health Care Accreditation Council Quality Health Care Conference and Exhibition 2010- Technical Report 
  
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Oral Health in the Eastern Mediterranean and the African Regions - Oral health in Jordan (WHO)
  
• PreventionWeb - Policy, Plans & Statements -  Jordan
  
• UNICEF - Gender equality profiles from the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) - Jordan 
  
• USAID - Health Policy Initiative - Jordan
  
• World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository (you can choose countries and topics) - Jordan
  

Centers, Organizations, Institutes and Networks

• Act for Change (ACTED) - Jordan
  
• Al-Malath Foundation (Facebook page) (Amman, Jordan)
  
• Amman Institute for Urban Development
  
• Amman Center for Human Rights Studies - Jordan
  
• Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - Jordan
  
• Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety - Jordan
  
• Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC)
  
• HIV InSite - Middle East and North Africa (Center for HIV Information (CHI), University of California, UCSF Medical Center) - Jordan
  
• International Organization for Migratio - Jordan
  
• International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) / Middle East - Jordan
  
• International Relief and Development (IRD) / Middle East -  Jordan
  
• Information and Research Center-King Hussein Foundation
  
• International Diabetes Federation (IDF) - Middle East & North Africa - Jordan
  
• Jordanian Ministry of Education
  
• Jordanian Ministry of Health
  
• Jordan Medical Association
  
• King Hussein Cancer Foundation/ King Hussein Cancer Center/ Palliative care (Amman, Jordan)
  
• Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor - Jordan
  
• Near East Foundation (US) (works in Jordan)
  
• Psychology Resources Around the World - (Midle East / Africa - contains information on Arab countries in Africa) - Jordan
  
• Salim and Salimah - Jordan
  
• The National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics (Amman, Jordan)
  
• UNESCO International Bureau of Education - Jordan
  
• UNDP - Jordan
  
• UNESCWA Population Information Network (POPIN) - Jordan
  
• UNFPA - Jordan
  
• UNICEF -  Jordan
  
• UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) - Jordan
  
• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs - Jordan
  
• United Nations Development Group (UNDG) - Jordan
  
• World Food Programme - Jordan
  

WHO Collaborating Centers

• WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Development
  
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Family Violence Prevention 
  
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Diabetes Research, Education and Primary Health Care
  

Conferences

• Breast cancer in the Arab World Conference 2014, 27 October 2014 (Aamman, Jordan)
  
• Breast Cancer in the Arab World 2015, 22-25 March 2015 (Aamman, Jordan)
  
• Water Security For Sustainable Development, 18-21 october 2015 (Amman, Jordan)
  

Data and Statistics

• Childinfo (UNICEF)
  
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MISC):  Round 5 (2012-2014): Survey results from participating countries will be available starting from the end of 2013
  
• Profile of Jordan
  
• Data Wizard (Devinfo) - Jordan (the database allows for  choosing countries and indicators to generate statistics)
  
• Demographic and Health Surveys (MEASURE DHS) - Jordan
  
• Eastern Mediterranean Regional Health System Observatory (WHO EMRO) - Jordan
  
• Environmental and public health workers density (per 1000 population) - Middle East and North Africa (Quandl Financial & Economic Data) - Jordan
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -  Jordan
  
• Global Food Security Index (Needs regsitration to view content) -  Jordan
  
• Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - IHME) - Country profiles - Jordan
  
• Global Data Sources: Global Database on Iodine Deficiency - Jordan (WHO), Global Health Expenditure Database - Jordan (WHO) (choose "Eastern Mediterranean Region", then "Jordan" from the list to the left and click "Refresh data"), Global Health Observatory - Jordan (WHO), Global Health Fact - Jordan (Kaiser Foundation), Global Database on Anaemia - Jordan (WHO), Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency - Jordan (WHO)
  
• Global Road Satety Partnership - Middle East and North Africa - Jordan  
  
• GIEWS Country Briefs -Jordan
  
• Guttmacher Institute Reproductive Health data -  Jordan
  
• HPV Information Centre -  Jordan
  
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: Global Burden of Disease: Jordan
  
• International Labor Organization (ILO): Natlex, Normlex, Employment protection legislation database (EPLex) - Jordan
  
• Medical Devices (WHO) -  Jordan
  
• MDGs Indicators (UN) - Jordan
  
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Country Briefin - Jordan
  
• National Health Expenditures (WHO) - Jordan
  
• NationMaster.com -  Jordan
  
• Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011 (WHO) - Jordan
  
• PreventionWeb - Disaster Data & Statistics -  Jordan
  
• Profile of Jordan (WHO)
  
• Quandl Financial & Economic Data - Jordan (check different topics to the right)
  
• Regional Health Observatory (click on "Jordan" on the left navigation)
  
• Social Watch- Extended Data - Jordan
  
• Social Progress Imperative - Social Progress Index - Jordan (click "By Component" for different themes)
  
• Step-wise Surveillance System (STEPS):
  
• country reports, data books, fact sheets, journal articles, presentations or posters -  Jordan   
  
• Chronic diseases and health promotion- Impact of chronic diseas Middle East/ Africa -  Jordan
  
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC): Health, Education
  
• The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program - USAID - Jordan
  
• The Tobacco Atlas - Jordan (click on "Topics" for different themes)
  
• Tobacco Country Profile (WHO) - Jordan
  
• UNESCO education country profile - Jordan
  
• UNICEF statistics (variety of topics) - Jordan
  
• World Bank Data, Development Statistics - Jordan
  
• World Bank - Poverty & Equity Data - Middle East & North Africa - Jordan
  
• World Health Organization data and statistics on Road injury - Jordan
  
• WHO UNICEF review of national immunization coverage, 1980-2013 - Jordan
  
• WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system. 2015 global summary - Jordan
  

Health promotion

• Tobacco Labelling Resource Centre: Health Warning - Jordan
  

Laws and Regulations

• Health Laws and legistlation - Jordan
  
• Jordan Food and Drug Administration:  laws and regulations
  

Maps

• GINI index/ Middle East: Jordan
  

Programs and Initiatives/Projects

• Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health (WHO) - Jordan (report to the right)
  
• Disease Control Priorities Project - Middle East and North Africa - Jordan
  
• Doctors of the World - Jordan
  
• Health Policy Initiative - Middle East and North Africa - Jordan (special focus on reprodctive health and HIV/ AIDS)
  
• Health Policy Project - Jordan
  
• K4Health Toolkits - Jordan Health Communication Partnership Toolkit
  
• Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus) - Jordan
  
• Policy Project - Jordan
  
• Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) (League of Arab States) - Jordan
  
• Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) - Jordan
  
• REACH Initiative (ACTED and IMPACT Initiatives and UNOSAT) - Jordan
  
• Reliefweb -  Jordan
  
• Save The Children (UK) - Jordan
  
• World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) - UNESCO - Jordan