The Ministry of Health on Monday organised a conference on the importance of vaccinations to protect people from various diseases, featuring a number of health experts. 

The conference was held with reference to World Immunisation Week, celebrated every year in the last week of April and as part of the ministry’s efforts to raise awareness of vaccinations.

Deputising for Secretary General of the Health Ministry Raed Al Shboul, Ayoub Al Siyada said: “The Ministry of Health is the largest provider of health services [in the Kingdom].”

He noted that the ministry provides primary health services through roughly 700 health centres distributed over Jordan’s various governorates, “including 540 health centres which provide maternity, childhood, and vaccination services”.