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WHO provides Sulaymaniyah with urgent medical supplies to respond to cholera outbreak
20 June 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) dispatched an urgent consignment of medicines and medical supplies to Sulaymaniyah governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to support the regional Ministry of Health step up its response to the sudden cholera outbreak in the Region. The consignment comprised 4 pallets of medicines and medical...
Polio transition: integrating polio assets to strengthen health system in Iraq
The polio transition mission to Iraq aims to advance the polio transition process and integrate polio programme capacities into overall public health functionsBaghdad, 16 June 2022— A country, regional and global team from the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded today a five-day support mission to Iraq to advance the polio transition...
WHO strengthens health information systems in Iraq
Baghdad, 2 June 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Iraqi Ministry of Health, is continuing to strengthen the health management information system through the implementation of the District Health Information System (DHIS-2) to enhance the quality of data collection, processing and reporting. WHO is leading the...
WHO leads multisectoral efforts to fight Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iraq
WHO and Ministry of Health conduct mission to Dhi Qar governorate to assess preparedness and response efforts to the outbreak23 May 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health in Iraq, is scaling up preparedness and response activities to control the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Iraq. As...
Ministry of Health and WHO introduce environmental surveillance for poliovirus in Iraq
Environmental surveillance has been used successfully to monitor poliovirus circulation and assess the extent or duration of the epidemic poliovirus circulation in a specific population Baghdad, 9 May 2022 —The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have initiated environmental surveillance for polioviruses to further...
WHO marks 5 years of strategic partnership with USAID in Iraq
Baghdad, 26 April 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) marks the 5-year milestone of its strategic partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the provision of life-saving and essential health care services to vulnerable populations in Iraq. Over the past 5 years, USAID has provided WHO Iraq...
WHO delivers rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 to Iraq
Baghdad, 10 April 2022 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) handed over 630 000 rapid antigen tests to the Ministry of Health to be used for a timely and accurate COVID-19 screening and detection of SARS-COV-2 infection. The US$ 1.6 million shipment came as a part of WHO’s overall COVID-19 response strategy to scale up the testing...
Training workshop on medical journalism and countering misinformation concluded in Iraq
More than 30 broadcasters, news anchors, programme presenters and producers across Iraq were equipped with skills and techniques needed to manage talk shows and verify information related to health issues Baghdad, Iraq, 28 March 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Iraq and Al-Jazeera Media...
High-level delegation of WHO visits Iraq to boost health system
The High-Level delegation, led by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, met with Iraq’s Minister of Health Dr Hani Al Iqabi to discuss the performance of the Iraqi health system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and review health needs in the country Baghdad, Iraq, 16 March 2022 – A High-level delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded a 5-day visit...
With support of WHO’s core contributors, health services and on-site vaccine opportunities were implemented in Iraq
Um Salam has got her vaccine in a mass vaccination site in Kut City, west Iraq on 17 November 2021. Photo: WHO IraqBaghdad, Iraq, 8 February 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted an already fragile health system in Iraq. The health systems in the country had been crippled by decades of wars and instability that compromised the access...
