Health Collaborations

Collaborations with local, national, and global health institutions to enhance health and well-being outcomes

Executive Summary

AAU as a body has current collaborations with local, national and global health institutions to improve health and well-being outcomes. In 2025 these partnerships were active at all three levels.

Locally, in Amman, the Women's Health Center works with the King Hussein Cancer Center's Cancer Control Office, and Nursing students deliver health education at Amman Comprehensive Health Center. Nationally, AAU works with the Ministry of Health's Blood Bank Directorate, the National Center for Women's Health and the Jordanian Association of Physiotherapy Center Owners. Globally, AAU takes part in the World Health Organization's Wellness Ambassadors programme, continues its partnership with Vienna Healthcare Group in Austria to prepare Jordanian nurses for employment in Austrian hospitals, has supported the international Hearing and Balance Health Conference with the Arab Academy of Hearing and Balance and Lübeck University for eleven consecutive years, and signed an agreement with the Global Academy for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence. All partners are independent organisations, not owned or managed by the University.

Centers and Departments

01Women's Health Center, Faculty of Nursing

Leads AAU's partnerships with the King Hussein Cancer Center, the National Center for Women's Health and the WHO Wellness Ambassadors programme, delivering joint awareness, prevention and training activities.

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02Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences

Leads clinical-training and service partnerships in physiotherapy, audiology and speech, and optometry, including the 2025 agreement with the Jordanian Association of Physiotherapy Center Owners and the cooperation with Al Hussain New Salt Hospital.

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03Center for Audiology and Speech

Provides free diagnostic and therapeutic hearing and speech services and works with hospitals and international conference partners on training and patient services.

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04Department of Medical Services

Coordinates campus health services and national health campaigns, including the 2025 blood donation campaign with the Ministry of Health's Blood Bank Directorate.

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Activities

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01Ongoing Partnership with the King Hussein Cancer Center (Local, Amman)

7 January 2025 | Women's Health Center / King Hussein Cancer Center, Cancer Control Office

The Women's Health Center and the Cancer Control Office at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman jointly delivered a workshop on the dangers of smoking, e-cigarettes and hookah. The Center's director thanked the Cancer Control Office for the continuing collaboration, and specialists from the Office presented the health risks and prevention methods.

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02Health Education at Amman Comprehensive Health Center (Local, Amman)

14 June 2025 | Faculty of Nursing / Amman Comprehensive Health Center

As part of the Maternal Health course, Nursing students planned and delivered health-education sessions for pregnant women at Amman Comprehensive Health Center, covering breastfeeding and nutrition during pregnancy.

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03National Blood Donation Campaign with the Ministry of Health (National)

15 June 2025 | Higher Committee for Activities and Community Service / Student Affairs / Medical Services

AAU organised a blood donation campaign in coordination with the Blood Bank Directorate at the Ministry of Health. Students and a large number of faculty and administrative staff donated blood to replenish national blood-bank stocks. The campaign is part of the University's annual plan for voluntary service.

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04Physiotherapy Training Agreement with the Jordanian Association of Physiotherapy Center Owners (National)

22 September 2025 | Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences / Department of Physiotherapy

AAU signed a cooperation agreement with the Jordanian Association of Physiotherapy Center Owners. Physiotherapy students receive practical training in accredited centres, and the two parties organise joint training courses, specialised workshops and scientific conferences in physiotherapy and medical rehabilitation.

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05Pink October with the National Center for Women's Health (National)

12 October 2025 | Women's Health Center / National Center for Women's Health / Al-Balqa Health Directorate

In cooperation with the National Center for Women's Health, the Women's Health Center took part in Pink October breast-cancer awareness activities organised by Zai Health Center with the Jordan Breast Cancer Program, under the patronage of the Director of Al-Balqa Health Directorate, and delivered a lecture on the health benefits of breastfeeding.

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06Audiology and Speech Cooperation with Al Hussain New Salt Hospital

20 August 2025 | Center for Audiology and Speech / Al Hussain New Salt Hospital

The Director of AAU's Center for Audiology and Speech and the Director of Al Hussain New Salt Hospital discussed cooperation in serving community patients with speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders, including stroke survivors and patients with Parkinson's disease or laryngeal cancer, and training AAU audiology and speech students at the hospital.

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07World Health Organization Wellness Ambassadors Programme (Global)

18 February 2025 | Faculty of Nursing / Women's Health Center

AAU is one of five Jordanian universities in the WHO Wellness Ambassadors programme, launched in the presence of the WHO Representative in Jordan and the Ministry of Health. Selected AAU students are trained over a full year to combat tobacco use, with hours accredited by the World Health Organization. In April 2025 AAU student Bana Al-Saafin was named a WHO Wellness Ambassador.

08Continuing Partnership with Vienna Healthcare Group, Austria (Global)

Memorandum signed October 2023; active throughout 2025 | Faculty of Nursing

AAU's continuing partnership with Vienna Healthcare Group, Vienna's public hospital operator, with the Medical University of Vienna and an Austrian university of applied sciences, prepares Jordanian nursing graduates and places them in Austrian hospitals. The memorandum of understanding was signed during the Austrian delegation's visit to AAU, with the support of the Jordanian Nursing Council, and the collaboration remained active in 2025.

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09Hearing and Balance Health Conference with International Partners (Global)

8 May 2025 | University leadership / Center for Audiology and Speech

AAU sponsored and took part in the 11th Hearing and Balance Health Conference, organised with the Arab Academy of Hearing and Balance and Lübeck University, Germany. AAU has supported the conference for eleven consecutive years. Its Hearing and Speech Center, opened in 2005, has provided free diagnostic and therapeutic services to more than 30,000 beneficiaries.

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10Cooperation Agreement with the Global Academy for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (Global)

31 August 2025 | University President / Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences

AAU signed a cooperation agreement with the Global Academy for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence covering joint research, internationally accredited conferences, workshops and training programmes, and awareness and community-service initiatives that support health and well-being.

Policies and Procedures

01Sustainable Health Services Delivery Policy (PS_12_SDG03_2, V06, 2026)

Created 22 February 2018; reviewed 2026, with annual evaluation. Commits the University to student sexual and reproductive health care, health education and psychological support for students, faculty and staff, across all deanships, faculties, centres and administrative units. It sets indicators for service users and programme participants, and its annual review covers health-sector collaboration, awareness topics and continuing mental-health support.

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Impact Evaluation and Development Plan

Outcomes in 2025

AAU worked with health institutions at all three levels: local (King Hussein Cancer Center and Amman Comprehensive Health Center), national (Ministry of Health Blood Bank Directorate, National Center for Women's Health, Jordanian Association of Physiotherapy Center Owners) and global (World Health Organization, Lübeck University and the Arab Academy of Hearing and Balance, Global Academy for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence). The partnerships delivered prevention workshops, maternal-health education, blood donation, clinical training and specialised services for community patients.

Monitoring

Each faculty keeps a partnership record with the partner, level, agreement date, joint activities and students trained. The Sustainable Health Services Delivery Policy is reviewed every year, including the strength of health-sector collaboration.

Development plan

Turn the 2025 agreements into annual work plans with set training placements and joint activities; extend the hospital cooperation to more clinical departments; and publish an annual summary of partnership activity.

Institutional Integration Summary

Nursing, Allied Medical Sciences, the Center for Audiology and Speech and the Department of Medical Services each lead partnerships in their field, while University leadership signs institutional agreements. The Sustainability and International Ranking Center consolidates partnership evidence across the University.

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