AMMAN –
Health Minister Firas Al-Hawari urged
adopting "open policies" for safer and flexible global health systems
in a meeting at the
COP28 summit in Dubai on Sunday.
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According to the Jordan News Agency Petra,
Hawari said that countering climate change requires concerted efforts among all
sectors in any country, increasing financial and technical support for the
health sector and bolstering awareness and training for health personnel on
climate change and associated diseases.
For the first time, COP28 allocated a day to
health to link health and climate and learn the extent of the impact of climate
change on the global health sector and Jordan.
He added that Jordan has committed to global
agreements and initiatives that aim to support resilient health systems in the
face of climate change, noting Jordan's support for international efforts to
combat the consequences of climate change.
He explained that the Jordanian health sector
had announced that it is committed to developing plans and strategies to raise
the health sector's resilience and enable it to adapt to the effects of climate
change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
He added that the Health Ministry is
developing a ten-year health adaptation strategy based on a strategic review in
2012, the implementation of which faced two main challenges: the influx of
Syrian refugees and the pressure this placed on the health system and the
COVID-19 pandemic during the past three years.
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