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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. The UN has today appealed for at least $325 million in emergency funds to meet the immediate health, nutrition, water and sanitation needs of the most vulnerable populations. Out of this amount, the World Health Organization urgently appeals for $185 million.

This request is part of the wider United Nations humanitarian appeal for $2.1 billion to provide assistance to the people of Iraq over the next six months. This appeal is being launched jointly by all the UN humanitarian agencies in New York and Geneva.

WHO is already working in Iraq to provide badly needed medical assistance. The health status of the Iraqi people has been seriously affected by more than two decades of war and economic sanctions.…