The goal of the workshop is part of the Ministry's plan to strengthen and enhance the health services provided as part of the birth-spacing program. The specialists in the department of family and community health are working on introducing a new birth-spacing method to be provided in birth-spacing clinics in health centres to expand the availability of modern contraceptive methods in the Sultanate. The Implanon contraceptive, an implant method, is one of the long-term contraceptive options as it can prevent unwanted pregnancies for a period of 3 years.

CYBER CITY, Jordan — Giggling, playing and uttering his first words "mama" and "papa", Abdullah just turned one. Born as a Syrian refugee in Jordan last year, his parents had hoped to return to their homeland a few months after his birth, but they just spent Abdullah’s first birthday in the Cyber City Complex refugee camp. 

CYBER CITY, Jordan- To one new mother, whose baby she delivered safely in a clinic, she is like a second mother. To another, whose breast cancer she detected, she is a ‘saving angel.’

ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Mafraq, Jordan — As a way to address both health needs and cultural sensitivities, UNFPA  is supporting a reproductive health clinic with a female gynaecologist in the Za'atari camp for Syrian refugees who have fled to Jordan.

Some 27,000 Syrian refugees are now living in the camp. Many are women who feel more at ease in seeing a female doctor, especially when dealing with reproductive health issues.

Cyber City/ Ramtha/ Jordan, Khloloud Mohammad, was seven months pregnant when she had to cross borders between Syria and Jordan to escape violence in her homeland and find a safe place for her seven children.

With her husband and their children, the 30-year-old woman had to walk for four hours, surviving shelling in her hometown of Nasib, seven kilometers away from the Jordanian borders.

It was not easy to walk this distance, but all I wanted is to have a safe place for my children,

said Kholoud.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) violates the human rights and undermines the health and well-being of some three million girls each year. More than 130 million girls and women in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where the practice is concentrated today have undergone some form of FGM - and the impact on their lives is enormous.