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Health in Iraq. Health in Iraq refers to the country's public healthcare system and the overall health of the country's population. Iraq belongs to WHO health region Eastern Mediterranean and classified as upper middle according to World Bank income classification 2013. The state of health in Iraq has fluctuated during its turbulent recent ...
The conflict of 2003 destroyed an estimated 12 percent of hospitals and Iraq's two main public health laboratories. [1] In 2004 some improvements occurred. [ 1 ] Using substantial international funds, some 240 hospitals and 1,200 primary health centers were operating, shortages of some medical materials had been alleviated, the training of ...
This is a list of hospitals in Iraq derived from World Health Organization and other records. [1] Baghdad (The Capital) ... center (in Public sector) Maternity ...
Ministry of Health (Iraq) The Ministry of Health is the cabinet -level ministry of the Iraqi government tasked to provide health and medical services to every Iraqi citizen during normal and emergency circumstances in the country. The ministry also administers the affairs of health and medical cadres in Iraq. It has a responsibility to provide ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). [2] During the pandemic, Iraq reported its first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections on 22 February 2020 in Najaf. [3] By April, the number of confirmed cases had ...
The COVID-19 pandemic put a large strain on Iraq. As of April 2021, more than a million cases had been recorded in the country, more than in any other Arab state. The public was skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines, and many were reluctant to wear masks during the pandemic.
The survey was sponsored by the Center for International Emergency Disaster and Refugee Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States (authors L Roberts PhD, G Burnham MD) and the Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Methods. The Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS) was a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of 9345 households that was conducted by relevant federal and regional ministries in Iraq in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The sampling frame that was used in the southern and central provinces was derived from the ...