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WHO concludes COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign in the south
Baghdad, Iraq, 19 August 2020 – As the number of COVID-19 cases in Iraq continues to rise, WHO, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and its implementing partners, has just concluded another round of a COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign that intensified community outreach efforts to educate people on measures to limit transmission of the...
WHO and Ministry of Health launch second phase of COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign
The WHO-led campaign opened in the presence of local health officials and representatives from the Ministry of HealthBaghdad, Iraq, 10 August 2020 – Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of Iraq launched the second phase of a COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign in the heavily populated, high-risk areas of Thi...
COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign targets more than 6 million people in Baghdad
Volunteers prepare to deliver awareness-raising materials to citizens in Al-Amiriya, Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq, 28 July 2020 – A one-month campaign, which began on 29 June, targeted more than 6 million people in 10 heavily populated and COVID-19-affected districts in Baghdad with health promotion and awareness messages to limit transmission of...
WHO mobile clinics serving the vulnerable in Mosul amid COVID-19 outbreak
While in lockdown, patients are benefiting from mobile health services reaching them through one WHO-supported mobile clinic run by partner Dary in Mosul. May 2020. WHO/Iraq Baghdad, Iraq, 20 July 2020 – The COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq has presented a huge challenge to the country's fragile health infrastructure weakened by decades of unrest and...
WHO provides support to bridge shortfall in oxygen supplies in Iraq
Loading oxygen concentrator shipment to transport to Ministry of Health warehouses for use in Iraqi hospitals Baghdad, Iraq, 2 July 2020 – In light of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Iraq and the severe shortage of oxygen in hospitals, WHO has succeeded in securing 300 oxygen concentrators to be used in Iraqi hospitals according to the...
Awareness is key to flattening the COVID-19 curve in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 29 June 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Iraq, today began a major COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign targeting people living in high-risk and heavily affected areas in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The campaign will mobilize more than 250 community volunteers to deliver...
WHO airlifts over 80 tons of emergency medical supplies from Iraq to meet increasing health needs in northeast Syria
14 June 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched more than 80 tons of urgently needed emergency medical supplies to support the health system in northeast Syria. The 3-cargo consignment was airlifted from Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to Damascus from 10 to 12 June. “I commend the endeavour of all colleagues who worked hard...
WHO Iraq clarifies issue of transmission of COVID-19 by asymptomatic cases
Baghdad, Iraq, 10 June 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq clarifies the statement made regarding the claim that COVID asymptomatic transmission is very rare. The claim made on 8 June was referring to a subset of studies and data shared by some Member States, on detailed cluster investigations and contact tracing activities. In...
Early COVID-19 preparation saved lives in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 31 May 2020 – Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has fought the pandemic with every tool at its disposal to save lives and support countries with limited COVID-19 response capacity, including Iraq. WHO and Iraqi health authorities proactively coordinated a comprehensive response to the...
WHO supports Iraqi health authorities to combat COVID-19
WHO in Iraq, in cooperation with local health authorities, mobilized every resource to reach citizens in every corner of the country to raise community awareness of how to protect themselves against COVID-19. Photo: WHO/raqBaghdad, Iraq, 28 May 2020 – Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The World Health Organization (WHO) has focused...
