PSP Jordan Updates

QA Certification

In cooperation with the Jordan Medical Council, the Abt Associates-led PSP Jordan program certified over 127 physicians from the private sector in the topics of family planning, Clinical Breast Exam, and Reproductive Tract Infections/Sexually Transmitted Infections (RTIs/STIs). The quality assurance program graduates of 2008 are female private physicians from general practice and gynecology, and female physicians staff members of the Jordan Association for Family Planning and Protection clinics. PSP improves the clinical skills of the physicians through in-class and clinical training then conducts field visits to assess private clinic facilities and to ensure they meet Jordanian and international standards.

MOU with Pharmacy-One

PSP Jordan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the private franchise of pharmacies Pharmacy–One to utilize its training centre in the development and education of community pharmacists in Jordan. The Pharmacy–One training centre for pharmacists will be providing logistical support to the training sessions on oral contraceptives, whereas PSP Jordan will support their training activities by providing a trainer, training materials and family planning brochures. The MOU entitles future cooperation between PSP Jordan and Pharmacy–One to provide 12 training courses in oral contraceptives (OCs) for over 300 community pharmacists. This agreement will ensure favorable private sector cooperation and the sustainability of pharmacists training in the future to improve their role in family planning counseling, in specific to the oral contraceptive users.