The ministers of Jordan and Tunisia discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties, especially in health cooperation.
Jordan’s Health Minister Firas Al Hawari met with Tunisian counterpart Ali Mrabet on Saturday in Amman.
Both sides agreed on increasing cooperation by exchanging expertize and experiences, especially in the field of digitizing and developing the health sector.
It includes developing the health cooperation protocol and forming working teams from both parties to agree on the final version of this project.
They discussed forming a sectoral committee in the health field to follow up on and implement cooperation in the field of heart surgery for newborns.
The ministers reviewed establishing health facilities such as cancer treatment centers and structures for monitoring communicable diseases.
Developing bilateral cooperation in the field of medical tourism was also a topic of discussion between the two.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the annual periodic meeting of the Higher Council of the Arab Board of Health Specializations.