Dr. Nayef Al Fayez, Jordanian Minister of Health, today visited the premises of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a member of TECOM Investments. Abdullatif AlMulla, Group Chief Executive Officer of TECOM Investments, and Dr. Abdulkareem Sultan Al Olama, Vice-President of the Centre for Healthcare Planning and Quality (CPQ) at DHCC, received the Jordanian minister and the [...]

Jordanian drug manufacturers have applied for approvals by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration to produce biological medicines, Jordan Times has reported. All drugs currently manufactured in the kingdom are chemical-based pharmaceuticals, the JFDA said. Pending the administration’s review, two manufacturers could start producing biological drugs in the next two-to-three months, JFDA director general Mohammad [...]

AMMAN – More than three million Jordanians are expected to be affected by diabetes in 2050, unless they adopt a healthy lifestyle, a health expert warned on Thursday. Kamel Ajlouni, director general of the National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics, said diabetes prevalence in the Kingdom, which stood at 7.5 per cent in 2005, [...]

By Khetam Malkawi Courtesy Jordan Times AMMAN – Annual per capita expenditures on medical services in Jordan in 2007 stood at JD177.50, of which JD60.30 represents the cost of medicine, a Higher Health Council (HHC) report revealed Tuesday. Total healthcare expenditure in 2007 accounted for 9 per cent of the gross domestic product, or JD1.16 [...]