By John Lee. The Managing Director of Iran's Social Security Organization, Taqi Nourbakhsh, has told Iraqi Health Minister Adilla Hamoud Hussein (pictured) that Iran is ready to cooperate and share its experience with Iraq in the social insurance and healthcare tourism sectors. The Iranian organization operates 73 hospitals and 354 medical treatment centers, serving a […]
A new review has shown that the health of Iraqis will continue to deteriorate unless there is an improvement in living conditions. Despite enormous investment in Iraq’s health system in the 10 years since the US-led invasion, the health condition of Iraqis has worsened. A review led by Professor Salman Rawaf (pictured) from Imperial College […]
Robert Tollast is a consultant at Noorbridge, a Helsinki based consultancy with staff in London and Nasiriyah, Iraq. He has written extensively on security, politics and economic issues in Iraq for various publications, and is currently researching a modern history of Iraq with support from The Middle East Forum. email: [email protected] twitter: @roberttollast To understand […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Health Ministry has announced the need for 56,000 more doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health workers in Iraq in order to reach a target ratio of 10 physicians per 10,000 of the population, according to Aswat al-Iraq. For that target to be reached in the next four years, the Ministry is coordinating […]
By John Lee. Trade between Sri Lanka and Iraq has risen 80 percent to $90 million, according to a report from Lanka Business Today. Sri Lanka exported goods valued at $ 89.80 million to Iraq and imported goods valued at $ 0.19 million from Iraq during 2013. Tea was the major export item to Iraq […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Health has said that 2,500 expatriate Iraqi doctors have returned home as part of a programme launched last year to bring Iraqi professionals back to the county. Al-Shorfa quotes Deputy Health Minister, Khamees al-Saad, as saying: "The returning doctors are an important asset to Iraq and they were […]
LUKOIL Mid-East Ltd (operating company of LUKOIL for development of the West Qurna-2 field) has completed another social project in Basra Province. The company supplied modern medical equipment for the central hospital of Madeina municipality adjacent to the field area. The supplied medical equipment includes a blood analyzer, diagnostic equipment for ultrasonograph and cardiograph and […]
From May 27-28, renowned regional and international healthcare experts convened at the Iraq Healthcare Conference 2013 in Erbil, Iraq (Kurdistan Region) to discuss the current state of the Iraqi health system and to develop urgently needed strategies to shape a strong public health system for Iraqi citizens. The Iraqi health system is in pressing need […]
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Last week, despite the major political crises that have been ongoing for several months now due to protests against his policies by his opponents, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seemed to […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report released today. The report, Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing […]
The provision of healthcare is a priority in Iraq, with the government allocating an estimated $5 billion annually to cover it, and creating three committees to work on a new draft healthcare law. So far this year, we've seen several initiatives in the sector, including: USAID and the Iraqi Ministry of Health hosting the Second […]
International Fairs & Promotions (IFP) - Iraq, Sesam, and Zenith announced their alliance to launch the Iraq Healthcare Conference 2013, which will be taking place on May 27 and 28 at the Erbil International Fair Ground, Kurdistan Region. Under the auspices of the Ministries of Health in the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi government in […]
