Press Release on March 18, 2010

Japanese Ambassador signs a Grant Contract of US$38,790 for The Project of Upgrading the Ultrasound Equipment in Mahata
 

The Government of Japan has decided to extend a Thirty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety US Dollars (US$38,790) grant in aid to Jordan Association for Family Planning and Protection (JAFPP) and an agreement to that effect was signed on March 18, 2010 by H. E. Mr. Tetsuo Shioguchi, Ambassador of Japan to Jordan and Mr. Saoud Al Barary, President of JAFPP.

JAFPP is a voluntary non – profit organization that provides high quality reproductive health services and programs for women and families through a cadre of well trained female physicians and staff. The assistance is expected to contribute to the improvement of the association’s services.

This grant is provided within the framework of Japanese Grant Assistance for GGP. Japan has donated more than US$ 7.5 million for 123 projects to nongovernmental organizations, schools, hospitals and local governments in Jordan for the last 16 years.

The total amount of Japanese economic cooperation which has been extended to Jordanian people for the last decades is more than 3 Billion United States dollars (US$ 3,000,000,000), which is more than two Billion Jordanian Dinars (JD2, 000,000,000).

As for the area of health, the Japanese Government has supported the improvement of medical system in providing ambulances and equipment at various hospitals in order to enhance the accessibility to the medical care in all areas.  The recent projects supported by the Japanese Government are as follows:

- The project for supporting the prevention of breast cancer to the health center in 2004 (87,617USD)

- The project for supporting the prevention of breast cancer to the King Hussein Cancer Foundation in 2005 (91,250USD)

- The project for the improvement of medical equipment for the Al Hussein labors clinic in 2005 (57,193USD)

- The project for provision of medical equipment to hospital in Karak and Ma’an and Al-Basheer Hospital in 2006 (4,500,000USD)

- The project for provision of medical equipment to clinic in Al-Wehdat Camp in 2007 (78,535USD)

- The project for provision of medical equipment to clinic in Husn Camp in 2007 (78,843USD)

- The project for Construction of Heaｌth Center in Ghal village, Diesah in 2009 (93,361USD)

- The project for Improvement of Medical Equipment for Al Hussein Labor Clinics in 2010 (90,269USD)

- The project for Improving the Medical Environment in Taibeh in 2010 (67,494USD)

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