Jordan
Jordan, a lower middle-income country with
approximately 5.4 million people and a per capita
income of $2,309, is rapidly integrating into the
global economy. Jordan’s population is young,
with 50 percent below the age of 25 and a
population growth rate of 2.3 percent per year.
The country is entering a period of demographic
and epidemiological transition. As with other
nations from the Middle East/North Africa region,
Jordan is burdened by increasing rates of
noncommunicable diseases. In addition, regional instability and movements of people contribute to the emergence of newer communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Jordan has low HIV/AIDS prevalence, but if preventive measures are not implemented, HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases could increase or re-emerge and have significant social and economic consequences.
USAID has supported the National Prevention Program since 2000, through raising awareness and community-based interventions targeted at high-risk groups. USAID has applied a low-prevalence strategy with technical assistance and related support focused on prevention activities, strategic behavior change communications (BCC), community awareness, and capacity building of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), all aimed at keeping Jordan a low-prevalence country.
View the USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Jordan - March 2008 [PDF, 166KB]
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