Health situation in Iraq
March-June 2003
Selling looted medicines
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Briefings
Potential impact of conflict on health in Iraq
21 March 2003
Briefing note: March 2003
Briefings archive
Disease outbreaks
19 June 2003 Cholera - update Full text
Press releases on Iraq
2 May 2003 A simple but ambitious plan: $20 million to jump start the Iraqi Health System Full text
29 March 2003 Iraq needs $325 million for emergency health care, says World Health Organization. The people of Iraq are in urgent need of better health care and their situation is deteriorating by the day. Full text

Related links
Iraq conflict: potential impact on health Compilation of health information from sources including the Iraqi Ministry of Health, WHO and other UN agencies
Emergency and humanitarian action Health situation reports, technical guidance
Communicable disease toolkit for Iraq crisis Guidelines and standards for the control of communicable diseases and potential epidemic threats faced during the Iraq crisis
Mental health in emergencies [pdf, 73kb] | Arabic version [pdf, 551kb] Mental and social aspects of populations exposed to extreme stressors
Promoting optimal feeding of infants and young children during emergencies, with special reference to the situation in Iraq [pdf, 100kb] An aide-memoire
Iraq country page Health information, statistics and contact details

UN AGENCY LINKS
United Nations: the situation in Iraq
UNICEF in Iraq
UNHCR: Iraq emergency
World Food Programme: WFP humanitarian plans

(Photos from UN Oil-For-Food Programme site)
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