Jordan Country Brief- Community Health: Policy and Implementation Landscape Mapping in the Middle East and North Africa Region 2024

UNICEF
Dec 16, 2024

Jordan Country Brief- Community Health: Policy and Implementation Landscape Mapping in the Middle East and North Africa Region 2024


Jordan's 2008 Public Health Law does not explicitly refer to community health, but it does regulate the practices of related health professions and addresses health promotion and disease prevention processes. The MoH organizes and oversees efforts and initiatives related to community health, including those focused on immunization, non-communicable diseases, and maternal and child health.

Health promoters are full-time paid staff of the MoH, while Community Health Volunteers (CHV), who are unpaid, are part of community health committees. Both are central to community health-related activities. Health promoters and community health committees fall under the MoH structure and report to the Health Communication and Awareness Directorate.