Day: September 19, 2021

In the presence of Minister Kisbi, and Awqaf Minister, Mohammad Khalailah, Issawi inaugurated the Al-Harith bin Yazid Al-Asadi Mosque, which has an area of about 140 square meters, and was built via a donation from the Tripoli Company within the housing area of poor families, which includes about 103 housing units.

Issawi also checked on the Al-Manar Center for Intellectual Development, which has undergone comprehensive maintenance and furnishing, and includes the latest equipment and expertise to handle students with disabilities.

14 male and female students with mental and motor disabilities, in addition to 6 students who receive the necessary care in the occupational therapy unit, benefit from the center.

Royal initiatives that are complementary to government programs and plans, and are implemented in coordination with concerned official authorities and civil society institutions, seek to empower citizens and enhance their role in the sustainable development process by implementing initiatives and projects according to specific development priorities that meet the needs of local communities and target groups, empowering them and stimulating their energies to improve its social and economic environment.

Issawi also checked on the Ar-Ruwaished Hospital project, and was briefed on the project’s progress.

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On the other hand, in the presence of Ministers Kisbi and Al-Nabulsi, Issawi inaugurated the Princess Taghreed Foundation Center in Al-Safawi area, which was built on an area of 2,500 square meters.

It includes a center for training and rehabilitation of women and children with disabilities, a multi-purpose hall, the Princess Taghreed Center for Measurement and Diagnosis of People with Disabilities, a beauty center and a training dressmaker, and a garden for the children of the area. These buildings were built with the support of the Housing Bank.

Through its operational programs and projects, the center contributes to providing job opportunities for women and young women in the local community, by training them to implement income-generating productive projects with the aim of improving their living conditions.

Royal initiatives in the health sector are based on a vision that focuses on the need to improve the level of health and treatment services provided to citizens, as efforts have been devoted to improving these services, modernizing hospitals and health centers in remote areas, providing them with the necessary medical devices and equipment, improving the quality of health care, and saving time and effort for patients and easing burdens placed on them by providing them with appropriate treatment in their areas.

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Royal Hashemite Court (RHC) Chief Yousef Issawi on Sunday inaugurated a number of development projects in Ar-Ruwaished District in the northern governorate of Mafraq, which come within the framework of Royal initiatives and in implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives.

The projects, financed by the United Arab Emirates, included housing units, a mosque, a secondary school and an intellectual development center.

Their implementation was followed up through the RHC’s Follow-up Department of the Implementation of Royal Initiatives, in coordination with relevant government institutions and civil society institutions.

Issawi, who is also the head of the follow-up committee for the implementation of Royal initiatives, checked on a number of Royal initiatives projects that are being implemented in the area, and was briefed on stages of their implementation, and the level of progress on the ground.

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In the presence of Minister of Works and Housing, Yahya Kisbi, and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mohammad Abu Qdais, Issawi inaugurated, the Manshiyat Al-Ghayath Mixed Secondary School for Girls, as Royal initiatives place the education sector as top priority by constructing new school buildings and adding classrooms to existing schools, and providing them with libraries, laboratories and workshops that contribute to revealing students’ tendencies, refining their talents and providing them with the appropriate environment to unleash their energies and creativity.

The school consists of 12 classrooms, two kindergartens, a theater, a studio, a computer lab, two learning resource and ambulance classrooms, in addition to a playground, a five-a-side playground, and administrative rooms with a total area of about 3100 square metres.

In the presence of Minister Kisbi and Acting Minister of Youth and Social Development, Mohammad Salama Al-Nabulsi, Issawi handed over 33 poor families utilize certificates and keys to their new homes, which were designed according to the highest engineering and technical specifications, and were provided with all household necessities and furniture to ensure a decent life for these families, who are considered the most needy and deserving, which are selected according to principles and criteria that take achievement of justice and transparency into account and are approved by the Ministry of Social Development.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) said fuel shortages in Lebanon are causing most hospitals to operate at only 50% capacity.

“Basic and life-saving medicines are in short supply, with restrictions in foreign currency severely limiting importation of medicines and medical goods,” WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed Al Mandhari, said in a joint statement on Lebanon after concluding a two-day visit to Beirut.

“We have just concluded a two-day visit to Beirut, Lebanon to reiterate our commitment to the people of Lebanon and express our solidarity and continued support,” Ghebreyesus and Al Mandhari said according to the joint statement.

“Since the Beirut port blast last year, the country and its people have slipped even further into despair. The current economic crisis has increased poverty across the country, and all sectors including health, are at risk of collapse,” they added.

“Fuel shortages are causing most hospitals to operate at only 50% capacity. Just today, we were told that two open heart surgeries were cancelled because of limited fuel at the facility where they were planned to take place. Basic and life-saving medicines are in short supply, with restrictions in foreign currency severely limiting importation of medicines and medical goods,” the WHO officials explained.

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According to the statement, a brain drain is occurring at alarming speed. Almost 40% of skilled medical doctors and almost 30% of registered nurses have already left the country either permanently or temporarily. Mental health needs are greater than ever before, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to create additional challenges for both the health sector and communities alike.

“The challenges before us are immense and threaten the many significant health gains that Lebanon had made over the last decades. But we can use this crisis as an opportunity to build a better health care system in Lebanon, and work with national authorities, partners, and the international community for positive health sector reform,” Ghebreyesus and Al Mandhari said.

They added: “We cannot afford to leave behind those most vulnerable and in need. Access to essential and life-saving health services must be preserved at all costs – including for migrants and persons with disabilities.”

“Throughout our visit, we saw firsthand the spirit of resilience and determination that the Lebanese people are renowned for. Health care workers that have remained in the country are saving lives with the few resources they have at their disposal. The Lebanese people are eager to rebuild their country, and we are with them every step of the way,” they reiterated.

At WHO, Ghebreyesus and Al Mandhari added: “we have championed the importance of building and maintaining partnerships among the diverse group of players involved in global health country governments, donors, the private sector, civil society and academics to overcome barriers to achieving universal health coverage.”

“We remain committed to continuing our immediate, lifesaving work in Lebanon, while also planning for longer-term strategies for health. And we count on the support of all sectors and all stakeholders to build on the support they have provided so far, so that together, we can take Lebanon from its current crisis to a future where all people can enjoy health as a basic right,” Ghebreyesus and Al Mandhari concluded.

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The Iraqi Embassy hosted a meeting to Iraqi Interior Minister, Othman Ghanimi, with representatives of Iraqi community in Jordan, to get acquainted with their conditions and solve their key problems.

Speaking at the gathering, Iraq’s ambassador to Jordan, Haider Adhari, said the embassy is working in cooperation with Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s passports and residency departments to finish Iraqis’ transactions “as quickly as possible” and solve pending problems, noting that many were completed in “record” times.

Ghanimi, for his part, promised to send a working team from Ministry of Interior to Jordan to solve passports and residence issues and work to overcome the obstacles, in coordination and cooperation with the embassy.

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Deputy Head of Truck Owners Syndicate (TOS), Nael Dhiabat, said the freight movement on the Jordanian-Iraqi borders is facing “a number of obstacles after nearly 80 Jordanian trucks entered Iraq,” according to a door-to-door delivery mechanism.

In a press statement to “Petra” on Sunday, he said 200 Jordanian oil trucks headed to the Jordanian-Iraqi borders, after obtaining Iraqi visas since Saturday evening.

The truckers are facing obstacles, most notably is the “high” cost of the PCR test to detect Covid-19 to JD45, which affects transportation costs of Jordanian and Iraqi trucks, failure to relieve jabbed truckers from conducting the test, in addition to the fees for the Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC), according to Dhiabat.

Dhiabat also called on relieving Jordanian and Iraqi drivers, who have international certificates for taking the Covid-19 vaccine, from conducting the PCR test, reducing its cost, as well as vaccinating Iraqi drivers in Jordan and giving them a Jordanian certificate, which would speed up drivers’ entry and prevent stranding oil tanks at the borders.

Any additional fees imposed on Jordanian trucks heading to Iraq will “negatively” affect the shipping movement between the two countries, and goods prices, Dhiabat pointed out.

The TOS offered nearly 4,000 security clearance letters for truckers, to obtain Iraqi visas, he said, noting that the number of drivers who obtained visas stand at 400, he noted.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY