العراق: معاناة النازحين القاطنين في خيام مستمرة – منظمة الهجرة الدولية (Tuesday, August 19th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Features, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Society And Economy at 6:23 am with no comments.

على الرغم من انخفاض عدد الأشخاص الفارين من ديارهم في العراق خلال النصف الأول من عام 2008، غير أن الحياة اليومية للنازحين من سكان الخيام ما تزال بائسة، وفقاً لتقييم أجرته منظمة الهجرة الدولية في 15 أغسطس/آب.
وجاء في تصريح المنظمة أن “النازحين القاطنين في الخيام لا يحصلون على الخدمات الأساسية أو يحصلون على […]

IRAQ: IDPs in tent camps continue to suffer - IOM (Monday, August 18th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Iraq, Society And Economy at 9:17 am with no comments.

They “live surrounded by garbage”, the report said. “As a result, cases of typhoid have recently been reported.”

BAGHDAD, 17 August 2008 (IRIN) - While the rate of people fleeing their homes in Iraq has decreased during the first half of 2008, daily life for the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in tent […]

مرضا الكوليرا والتيفوئيد يشكلان الخطر الرئيس على الصحة في العراق (Saturday, July 19th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Health, Iraq at 8:28 am with no comments.

كشفت منظمة الصحة العالمية ان مرضي الكوليرا والتيفوئيد يشكلان الخطر الرئيس على الصحة في العراق ، خصوصا في صفوف اللاجئين والنازحين المعرضين لانتشار الاوبئة بينهم. وقالت ممثلة المنظمة في العراق نعيمة القصير في تصريح اليوم الجمعة ان الخوف من انتشار الكوليرا والتيفوئيد هو من الاولويات الملحة حاليا على المنظمة. واضافت القصير ان العمل في بغداد […]

WHO says cholera, typhoid main health risks in Iraq (Thursday, July 17th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Cholera, Early Warning, Iraq at 9:32 pm with no comments.

GENEVA (AFP) The World Health Organisation said Thursday that cholera and typhoid pose the key risks to health in Iraq, with refugees and displaced people particularly vulnerable to any outbreak.

An Iraqi boy drinks from a water pipe crossing an uncovered sewage canal on the outskirts of Baghdad in 2007. The World Health Organisation has […]

Number of Iraki Refugees Rises By 24,106 People Compared to January 2008 (Thursday, April 17th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Analysis Briefings Commentary, Cholera, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Photos, Politics and Security, Society And Economy, Women and Children at 10:49 pm with no comments.

Editor’s Comment: So much for the lies spewed by the American military about how much safer Irak is since they started their murderous surge. You don’t flee your home to live live in a tent or worse unless you are terrified. Please help the victims of war: make a donation to the ICRC today when you […]

Iraq’s Public Health Crisis (Wednesday, February 6th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Analysis Briefings Commentary, Cholera, Features, Health, Iraq at 10:12 am with no comments.

Four million Iraqis — 15% of the total population — are now dependent on food assistance. 
Occupying powers are responsible not only for maintaining order — but also for addressing the medical needs of the population.
Of 34,000 doctors living in Iraq in 2003, 12,000 have emigrated — and over 2,000 have been murdered. […]

فقر الدم يعصف بنساء العراق والبطاقة التموينية خاوية (Sunday, November 18th, 2007)

Published by Editors in Health, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children at 3:16 pm with no comments.

نظرا للظروف الحياتية الحرجه تتعرض النساء وخاصة الحوامل الى الاصابة بفقر الدم اذ تبين من خلال مسح ميداني ان النسبة وصلت 87% بسبب تردي الوضع المعاشي وتقارب فترات الحمل والاصابة بالامراض وخاصة التايفوئيد الذي اصبح ملازما للعوائل الريفية بسبب فشل محطات تصفية مياه الاساله في التعامل مع الجانب الصحي ومعالجة التلوث الميكروبي وغير المكروبي ناهيك […]

Children suffer bad water diseases (Monday, March 26th, 2007)

Published by Erdla in Children, Features, Iraq, Women and Children at 3:52 pm with 1 comment.

BAGHDAD, 26 March 2007 (IRIN) - Mohammed Hussein Shureida, 40, sets aside a huge portion of his monthly income to buy water from private tankers and protect his family from waterborne diseases that can result from drinking Iraq’s tap water.
“I nearly lost my six-year old son last summer as he developed acute diarrhoea from the […]