الحمى السوداء تصيب المئات من اطفال الكوت (Saturday, April 12th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Health, Iraq, Society And Economy at 9:03 pm with no comments.

كشف عضو نقابة الصيادلة في مدينة الكوت سعيد درويش عن انتشار مرض الحمى السوداء بين المئات من الأطفال في المدينة وسط فقدان المضادات الحيوية لعلاجه. واكد درويش ان مشفى واحدا في احد الأقضية التابعة للمدينة يستقبل شهريا اكثر من 100 مصاب بهذا المرض مشيرا الى ان المرض يصيب الطبقة الفقيرة التي تعيش في المناطق النائية. […]

IRAQ: Leishmaniasis continues to spread in southern province (Monday, February 18th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Children, Features, Health, Iraq at 5:48 pm with 1 comment.

Outbreaks were rare before 2003. But since the conflict began, the destroyed health system has allowed viruses lurking in the environment to return.

BAGHDAD, 18 February 2008 (IRIN) - Leishmaniasis continues to spread in Iraq’s southern province of Qadissiyah, about 130km south of Baghdad, with at least 275 cases so far, a local official said.
The […]

IRAQ: Leishmaniasis affecting children in south (Monday, February 11th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Children, Health, Iraq at 10:55 pm with 2 comments.

BAGHDAD, 11 February 2008 (IRIN) - Over 180 children have been affected with Baghdad boil disease, or leishmaniasis, in Iraq’s southern province of Qadissiyah, about 130km south of Baghdad, local officials said.
Leishmaniasis is known by different local names, including oriental sore, Aleppo button, Jericho boil and Delhi boil. In its most unpleasant form - […]