Urgent Funding Needed for Health Care Projects

To secure greater health service delivery for the displaced population at Bzebiz Bridge (the crossing point between Anbar and Baghdad), WHO has provided 3 mobile medical clinics to the Anbar and Baghdad departments of health.

These clinics will respond to the health needs of people on both sides of the crossing. In addition, WHO has deployed 6 ambulances, health workers and delivered essential medicines to treat internally displaced people in transit on both the Anbar and Baghdad sides of the bridge.

“WHO has established 2 static primary health care clinics in Amiriyat Al Falluja and Nukhaib districts, run by UIMS since 10 April 2015. A total of 4974 consultations have been conducted in these 2 clinics alone,” says Dr Jaffar Hussain, the WHO Country Representative and Head of Mission in Iraq. He added that WHO had established a delivery room next to the clinic.

WHO is coordinating the response of health cluster partners to optimize the use of available resources. Funding gaps and gaining access to support delivery of essential medical supplies to large parts of Ramadi remain challenging as the situation is extremely volatile.

(Source: WHO)

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