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A new article titled “Rate, determinants, and causes of stillbirth in Jordan: Findings from the Jordan Stillbirth and Neonatal Deaths Surveillance (JSANDS) system” has been published

A new article titled "Rate, determinants, and causes of stillbirth in Jordan: Findings from the Jordan Stillbirth and Neonatal Deaths Surveillance (JSANDS) system" has been published online in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, part of the Springer Nature publisher. The study used the data from the JSANDS to determine the rate, determinants, and contributing conditions...

Sociocultural, political, and health system-related determinants of perinatal deaths in Jordan from the perspectives of health care providers: a qualitative study (The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine (

Authors: Yousef S. Khader , Hala Bawadi , Wasim Khasawneh , Mohammad S. Alyahya , Khulood Shattnawi , Nihaya A. Al-sheyab , Salwa Al Obeisat , Majed Asad , Khalaf Khatatneh , Maram Muneer Alkhdour , Zaid Al-Hamdan &Anwar Batieha Abstract: Background Perinatal mortality is a fundamental indicator of the quality of the...

JSANDS team participating and presenting in a workshop on “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Amman”

The JSANDS team, led by the JSANDS project director, Prof. Yousef Khader, participated in an international workshop entitled ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Amman from the 10th-12th of March, 2020. Prof. Khader presented the a Behavioral Economics Approach to promote changes in reproductive behavior by changing the way options are presented. The audience of the workshop...

A Conference Paper “JSANDS: A Stillbirth and Neonatal Deaths Surveillance System” published in 2019 IEEE/ACS 16th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA)

The JSANDS team published a book chapter “The Potential of Telemedicine in the Rural Eastern Mediterranean Region for Noncommunicable Diseases: Case Study from Jordan” in the Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World.

AbstractTelemedicine is the integration of technological advancements within health care systems, where distance is a critical factor, to respond to the health needs of communities. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases NCDs has increased in the last decade with cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases ranking within the first top...

UNICEF follow up visit to KAUH

UNICEF follow up visit to KAUH Dr. Eresso AGA, the Health Manager from the UNICEF office in Amman and Ms Buthaina Alkhateeb visited one of the JSANDS participating hospitals on the 26th of February, 2020 as a follow up visit to monitor the progress of the project development and implementation. Dr. Eresso and...

JSANDS is one of two IDRC-funded projects currently under implementation in Jordan

Two IDRC-funded projects are currently under implementation in Jordan, the first project, establishing a Harmonized Reproductive Health Registry (hRHR) in Jordan to improve Maternal and Child Health, is being implemented by the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET). The second project, implementing a Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality Surveillance and Auditing System in Jordan (JSANDS)...

Site visit by the Senior Program Officer at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Dr. Qamar Mahmood from the IDRC visited the JSANDS participating hospitals as a follow up visit to monitor the progress of the project development and implementation. Dr. Qamar first met with the JSANDS team and then he started his schedule program with a tour at Rahma and Badea...

JSANDS Mid-term Workshop , Nov. 2019

Mid-term workshop 27/11/2019 The JSANDS project mid-term workshop was held in Irbid city on the 27th of November, 2019. A total of 150 participants including directors of the five implementing hospitals, paediatricians, obstetrics and gynecologists, senior medical residents, registered nurses, and midwives attended the workshop. The project director introduced the project to the participants, presented achievements that has been in place...

Baseline Health-Related Data for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in Jordan. Book Chapter (Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World).

Yousef Saleh Khader, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Oumaima Mohammed-Salah Aouididi Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and aim to guide global, regional, and national development endeavors for the next 15 years. The Sustainable Development agenda builds on the success of the Millennium Development Goals to...

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