Healthcare in Iraq - Is the Iraq Health System a Casualty of the Wars?

Healthcare in Iraq has a varied and chequered history. Following the end of World War I in 1918, a formal system of healthcare in Iraq began with the British occupation. In 1921 the first Directorate of Public health Services or the Ministry of Health was formed, and was formalized in 1959.

War, whether declared or just a police action has a way of devastating an entire region. Almost everything disappears into rubble. Basic necessities like food, water, clothing and housing cease to exist.

With over 13 years of conflict so is the healthcare system in Iraq. Iraq before Saddam Hussein had the most modern and best health system in the region. Their doctors, support staff, and hospitals offered up to date equipment and technology.

Then in the late 1990's, Saddam cut the budget of healthcare in Iraq by ninety percent. Maternal mortality, increased by three hundred percent, and infant mortality increased by one hundred percent, and woman returned to wearing veils. Diabetes and cancer ... more.

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