From the 1990s onwards, population issues also started to play an increasing role in the country’s development plans and projects (Al-Qutob, 1994). In 1993, Jordan’s cabinet approved the National Birth Spacing Program and in 1996, government agencies were requested to implement the National Population Strategy, which included, among other areas, maternal and child health, family planning and birth spacing (National Population Commission, 2000). In the five-year development plan for 1993—1997, the staffing of primary health-care centres with nurses and midwives was one of the key strategies for raising the quality of health care, directly benefiting maternal as well as child health.