GHS Index 2021
6-pillar pandemic preparedness · NTI/Johns Hopkins
WHO IHR-SPAR
15 IHR core capacities · self-assessment, latest year
Disease burden — longitudinal
WHO TB Programme + GHO + UN MMEIG
Recent outbreaks in Jordan
0 WHO DON events
SAHA-selected governorates (4)
From the SAHA Pillar 1 PPF report (IMACS, 2026) — evidence matrix per governorate.
JO-AJ
Ajloun
عجلون
Priority sub-areas
Ajloun · Kufranjah · Sakhrah · Orjan
Climate hazards
Heat; flash floods (wadi systems); wildfire (Ajloun Forest Reserve); altitude-driven vector range expansion.
Priority diseases
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (vector-borne)West Nile virusAirborne / respiratoryBrucellosis (pastoral)
Vulnerability ranking
#1 nationally — Kufranjah climate-change risk 0.93, lowest adaptive capacity 0.036, top-10 food-insecurity.
Health infrastructure
1 MoH hospital, 4 comprehensive health centres, 16 PHCs (proposal era); 3 EWARS sentinel sites; 430 hospital beds (2023).
Refugees / displaced
Adjacent to Mafraq camps; high Syrian-refugee density on the perimeter.
Open data gaps
Heat-island sub-district mapping · Air quality monitoring · HMIS service-utilisation extraction
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JO-JA
Jerash
جرش
Priority sub-areas
Jerash (district centre)
Climate hazards
Heat; flash floods; vector-disease range expansion at altitude.
Priority diseases
Vector-borneMental-health (highest at governorate level nationally)SalmonellosisHeat-related
Vulnerability ranking
#5 sensitivity (0.82); top-10 food-insecurity.
Health infrastructure
1 MoH hospital, 3 comprehensive centres, 12 PHCs; 2 EWARS sentinel sites.
Refugees / displaced
Jerash (Gaza) Camp adjacent.
Open data gaps
Cross-country gaps · Mental-health surveillance data
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JO-IR
Irbid
إربد
Priority sub-areas
Ramtha (PoE Syria) · Kasabeh Irbid · Aghwar Shamaliyah (Northern Jordan Valley)
Climate hazards
Heat; drought; West Nile virus; dust; flash floods; occupational heat exposure (agriculture in Aghwar).
Priority diseases
Heatwave illnessWest Nile virusAirborne / respiratoryTBAvian influenzaLeishmaniasis
Vulnerability ranking
#2 nationally — Irbid Qasabah sensitivity 0.97; top-10 food-insecurity (Ramtha).
Health infrastructure
8 MoH hospitals, 47 comprehensive centres, 89 PHCs; 12 EWARS sentinel sites.
Refugees / displaced
Largest Syrian-refugee concentration outside Amman.
Open data gaps
Cross-country gaps · PoE Ramtha surveillance protocols
heatTBPoE Syria
JO-MA
Mafraq
المفرق
Priority sub-areas
NE / NW Badiyeh · Mafraq · Rwaished · Shalhiya · PoE Aqaba (linked)
Climate hazards
Extreme desert heat; drought; sandstorms; food insecurity; brucellosis from pastoral livestock contact.
Priority diseases
Heatwave illnessBrucellosis (pastoral / Bedouin)Nutrition / food safetyWaterborneDust-linked respiratory
Vulnerability ranking
#1 NW Badiyeh (food insecurity 1.0); #2 climate vulnerability 0.91; #3 GVI Mafraq 0.85; #8 Rwaished 0.50.
Health infrastructure
3 MoH hospitals, 10 comprehensive centres, 26 PHCs; 5 EWARS sentinel sites; Zaatari Camp ~80K served by UNHCR / JHAS.
Refugees / displaced
Zaatari Camp (~80K residents); King Abdullah Park.
Open data gaps
JO-003 NW vs NE Badiyeh naming · JO-003 food-insecurity sub-area depth · JO-004 Aqaba PoE protocols
heatbrucellosisfood-insecurityPoE