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WHO in Iraq
UNICEF and WHO support national multi-antigen campaign for more than 400 000 children
BAGHDAD, 26 January 2023 – UNICEF and WHO have supported the Ministry of Health of Iraq in conducting a nationwide multi-antigen vaccination campaign. The campaign reached more than 400 000 of the most vulnerable children with over one million doses of different vaccines to protect them against vaccine-preventable diseases. The locations covered by the...
Dr Nagham Hasan: serving the most vulnerable during crisis in Iraq
Dr Nagham Hasan meets WHO Representative in Iraq Dr Ahmed Zouiten in Shaikhan Hospital in Ninawa Ninawa, 23 January 2023 – Driven by her passion for humanity and her medical expertise, Dr Nagham Hasan, a gynaecologist and Yazidi woman, adopted the responsibility of protecting the Yazidi people in Iraq. Hailing from Bashiqa Town in northwest Iraq, which...
WHO and Ministry of Health initiate implementation of GBV referral guideline in Iraq
WHO has trained the Ministry of Health's GBV focal points on the adequate use of the guideline for ensuring the safe referral of GBV survivors Baghdad, 17 January 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Ministry of Health, initiated implementation of a technical referral guideline for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in Iraq....
WHO provides laboratory equipment and diagnostic kits to enhance testing for viral haemorrhagic fevers in Iraq
The diagnostic kits aim to build the diagnostic capacity of the central laboratory in Iraq. Credit: WHO/ Mustafa Al-Tameemi Baghdad, 16 January 2023 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered essential laboratory equipment and diagnostic kits to the Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad to support efforts to control the ongoing...
WHO and JICA deliver essential medical equipment to Al-Shatra Hospital in Dhi Qar governorate
The new equipment is necessary to increase Al Shatra Hospital's capacity to boost infection prevention and controlBasra, Iraq, 22 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have delivered essential medical equipment and supplies to Al-Shatra Hospital in Dhi Qar governorate in southern...
WHO inaugurates new triage unit for acute care in East Emergency Hospital in Erbil
The newly established triage will serve a large segment of the population in Erbil, including about 130 000 Syrian refugees and over 240 000 IDPs Erbil, 20 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Kurdistan of Iraq, inaugurated on 15 December a triage unit in East Erbil Emergency...
WHO gives fresh momentum to secondary health care services in Kurdistan, Iraq
WHO Representative Dr Ahmed Zouiten inaugurates opening of the neonatal intensive care unit in Erbil's maternity teaching hospital, Kurdistan Erbil, 15 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has just completed the renovation and expansion of a...
Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Hospital in Sulaymaniyah completes the second phase of its renovation and expansion project
9 November 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in coordination with the Sulaymaniyah Directorate of Health, inaugurated the Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Hospital in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq after the completion of the second phase of the renovation and expansion project of the hospital. The three-phase...
Risk communication and community engagement: a strategic investment to fight outbreaks in Iraq
Raising awareness on Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during ArbaeenBaghdad, 3 November 2022 – Over the past few years, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) has become a core pillar in WHO's work in its quest to enhance community participation in the preparedness and response to different health issues, including emergencies and...
WHO and Ministry of Health ramp up efforts to keep Iraq polio-free
Baghdad, 24 October 2022 — The World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, increased efforts to enhance polio eradication activities to protect children and maintain the polio-free status in Iraq. Iraq has been certified polio-free since 2017 but is still vulnerable and at high risk of poliovirus importation/...
