Baghdad, 6 April, 2016 – The Government of Japan has approved an allocation of US$ 3 million to 2 WHO Iraq projects on vital life-saving public health and communicable diseases initiatives to be implemented across 11 governorates in the trouble-torn country.
An outlay of US$ 1.6 million has been set aside for life-saving primary and secondary health care and US$ 1.4 million for a communicable diseases project. The new Japanese funding will help build on continuing WHO support for the vital and necessary infusion of capacity and resources needed to get the state-backed public health institutions and mechanisms fully functioning in Iraq.
Lauding the Japanese support for WHO work in Iraq, the WHO Representative to Iraq Mr Altaf Musani said, “This funding gives us the space to focus our energies in mitigating the impact of the near-collapse of public health and hygiene infrastructure in areas of the country that bear a disproportionate burden of the Syrian refugees, as well as conflict-affected internally displaced populations, returnees and Iraqi host communities who have sheltered the internally displaced”.
Infusion of external assistance into the WHO communicable diseases control programme is key to making a meaningful impact in Iraq where around 3.2 million (593 246 families) of IDPs live in overcrowded settlements across 11 governorates of the country. Many of the affected areas remain largely inaccessible due to the ongoing conflict or have limited access to health care services.
Baghdad, 6 April, 2016 – The Government of Japan has approved an allocation of US$ 3 million to 2 WHO Iraq projects on vital life-saving public health and communicable diseases initiatives to be implemented across 11 governorates in the trouble-torn country.
An outlay of US$ 1.6 million has been set aside for life-saving primary and secondary health care and US$ 1.4 million for a communicable diseases project. The new Japanese funding will help build on continuing WHO support for the vital and necessary infusion of capacity and resources needed to get the state-backed public health institutions and mechanisms fully functioning in Iraq.
Lauding the Japanese support for WHO work in Iraq, the WHO Representative to Iraq Mr Altaf Musani said, “This funding gives us the space to focus our energies in mitigating the impact of the near-collapse of public health and hygiene infrastructure in areas of the country that bear a disproportionate burden of the Syrian refugees, as well as conflict-affected internally displaced populations, returnees and Iraqi host communities who have sheltered the internally displaced”.
Infusion of external assistance into the WHO communicable diseases control programme is key to making a meaningful impact in Iraq where around 3.2 million (593 246 families) of IDPs live in overcrowded settlements across 11 governorates of the country. Many of the affected areas remain largely inaccessible due to the ongoing conflict or have limited access to health care services.
