Health Minister, Dr. Firas Hawari, on Thursday discussed with Canadian Ambassador to Jordan, Tarik Khan, ways to enhance Jordanian-Canadian cooperation in the health field. Hawari affirmed the “deep-rooted” bilateral relations, which culminated in the meeting that brought together His Majesty King Abdullah II and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last January. Hawari also valued Canada’s contribution to Joint Financing Arrangement (JFA), through which Canadian government and multiple international donors, contributed to supporting implementation of Jordan’s health projects and programs that contributed to expanding quality health services at the ministry’s facilities, adding that their “positive” effects reflected on citizens and refugees alike. These projects, he noted, primarily focused on equipping and operating a hospital for specialized surgeries in Amman-based Al Bashir Hospitals, equipping and managing a cardiac catheterization unit in Zarqa Governmental Hospital, strengthening infrastructure and providing medical devices and equipment in various ministry-affiliated health facilities, including hospitals and health centers. In addition, Hawari referred to priority projects and programs that fall within the ministry’s strategy for 2023-2025, which are consistent with Economic Modernization Vision (EMV), stressing the ministry’s “serious” endeavor to implement these programs within the timeframes set earlier. For his part, the Canadian envoy stressed importance of finding mechanisms to ensure continued joint cooperation in the health field, stressing Canada’s continuous support for the ministry’s efforts to improve its health services. Khan added that additional funding has been approved to implement Joint Financing Arrangement projects, with an estimated value of about 16.3 million Canadian dollars, to support Jordan’s health infrastructure and provide medical devices and equipment at the ministry’s facilities.
Source: Jordan News Agency