http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/29 The latest news about Health in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator Abundant natural and human resources enabled Iraq to attain the status of a middleincome country in the 1970s. Since that time, successive wars and a state-dominated economic system have stifled growth and' development and debilitated basic infrastructure and social services. International trade sanctions... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107727/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:53:00 +0000 €A newborn baby dumped beside a mosque in Darbandikhan district has been found by mosque-goers, officials said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107697/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 A homeless man has died of hypothermia in Khanaqin, Diyala, the first such case in the area for 4 years. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107700/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 The country's freezing weather has claimed another life, as a second man has died of hypothermia. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107705/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 The Health Ministry's spokesman Dr. Ziad Tariq declared today that Iraq has been free from diseases that cause paralysis in children for the 12th consecutive year, stressing that no cases have been... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107693/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:39:00 +0000 Karbala's governor called on the Iraqi Ministry of Health to investigate types of cancer prevalent in the province, where 300 citizens reported suffer from the disease. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107585/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:36:00 +0000 Monthly medical debates take place via video conference between Kurdistan, other countries, and the United States. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107652/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:00 +0000 Patients in Erbil are complaining that the citys hospitals do not have the proper medication and exams to treat and diagnose chronic diseases. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107620/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:00 +0000 The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved an anti-smoking law that stipulates a roughly $8.50 fine for smoking in public, in a country where such smoking is a fixture. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107624/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:53:00 +0000 Iraq has embarked upon improving and modernizing its healthcare delivery system. Under the administration of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Iraq, there are 229 hospitals (general and specialized) including 61 teaching hospitals. The number of primary health centers, headed by medical doctors, is... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107487/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:23:00 +0000 The new Nasiriya physical rehabilitation centre opened today will treat 500 patients a year, providing them with artificial limbs and rehabilitation services. The ICRC has built the centre in coordination with the Iraqi health authorities. "This is the first health ministry centre with dormitories... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107430/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:35:00 +0000 Karbala is in need of more than 500,000 housing units to resolve its housing crisis, the head of the Economic Commission in Karbala's Provincial Council announced today. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107203/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:22:00 +0000 Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Abdul Lateef Wreikat discussed with the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Dr. Jawad Abbas the possibility of forming a joint committee to check medical needs for Iraqis living... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107208/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:24:00 +0000 Ten cases of "black fever" among the youth and children were reported west of Kut, due to the well waters, medical sources said here today. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107211/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:24:00 +0000 Inspector General in the Ministry Adel Muhsin said the ministry has developed a high-level plan to address the imbalance in the needs of provincial hospitals and distributed in different parts of those provinces, adding that the ministry is working to address shortage in the area of health needs,... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/107007/refid/RSS-health-08-02-2012 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:25:00 +0000