Gorilla’s Guides

“The majority of diseases I am seeing have moral and psychological causes. For over three years now we have had thousands of cases of sudden death; due often to thrombus or angina pectoris, among young and old people alike. We never saw anything like this until the Americans came.”

For more than two years now, […]

Posted on March 8th, 2008 under Children, Features, Health, Iraq. Tags: Baquba, Baqubah, Children, Diyala, drugs, Features, Health, IPS, IPS Reports, shock, Torture, trauma, UNHCR. Comments: 1

Vulnerable groups:
It is extremely difficult for the population to get health care provisions in an environment that is short on supplies and limited when it comes to facilities because of buildings that are too old. The problem is even more acute for vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and injured persons. For a pregnant […]

Posted on February 27th, 2008 under Children, Health, Iraq. Tags: Al Kindi, Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Children, Haditha, Health, Imam Ali Hospital, Iraq, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Rescue Work, Sanctions, shock, trauma, Water, Water Crisis (Iraq), Women and Children, World Health Organisation. Comments: None

Editor’s Note:

One in five of those registered with UNHCR since January 2007 – more than 19,000 individuals – are registered as “victims of torture and/or violence” in Iraq.
Seventy-seven percent of the Iraqi refugees who were interviewed reported being affected by air bombardments and shelling or rocket attacks. Eighty percent reported witnessing a shooting. […]

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Children, Features, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Features, Follow Up, IRIN, Militias, Poverty, Rape, Refugees, shock, Syria, Torture, trauma, UNHCR, Women and Children. Comments: 2

The results of a trauma survey carried out among Iraqi refugees in Syria have been issued today. A total of 754 people were interviewed, who provided information about themselves and their families (a total of 3,553 people).
The survey – undertaken as part of a wider survey of Iraqis who registered with UNHCR’s office in […]

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East. Tags: Health, Human Rights, Militias, Rape, Refugees, shock, Syria, Torture, trauma, UNHCR. Comments: None