Kindergarten students showered with toys

Dahuk, Iraq – Children at the House of Angels School were showered with toys during a recent visit from members of the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq. >>More..

Iraq’s Medical Meltdown

The bombings are only the beginning of the story. >>More..

Iraqi children receive generous school supply donation

Air Force Master Sgt. >>More..

Iraq Family Health Survey 2006/7

Ministry of Health / Iraq Central Organization for Statistics & Information Technology >>More..

Iraqis\' Quality of Life Marked By Slow Gains, Many Setbacks

BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 -- This war-battered city, according to U.S. >>More..

Iraqi Displacement: The Need for Solutions

Elizabeth Ferris Senior Fellow and Co-Director Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement >>More..

Until the early 1990s, Iraq\'s healthcare system was considered one of the most advanced in the Middle East. Following the Gulf War, it began to deteriorate. Prior to the Iraq War, healthcare spending amounted to 50 cents (US) per Iraqi per year. Today, the Iraqi healthcare system has regressed to a chronic and smoldering condition. >>More..

OXFAM Survey: ‘Aid agencies largest provider of assistance’ to Iraqi women – 76% of widows do not receive pension

In an Oxfam International survey 10 conducted among 1700 Iraqi women, 60% of the respondents reported that aid agencies were the largest provider of aid, followed by 23% for local leaders while 15% cited the national government as their major provider of assistance. >>More..

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – Focus on women in Iraq

Women in Iraq more food insecure than men.. Iraqi women fare worse than men in a number of humanitarian indicators. In Iraq, female headed households are more vulnerable to food insecurity, poverty and a variety of other adverse outcomes than households headed by men. 8 The difference is particularly acute in rural areas compared to those living in urban areas. >>More..

WFP SAYS IRAQ OPERATION NEAR FULLY FUNDED, THANKS TO HUGE IRAQI GOVERNMENT DONATION

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that largely thanks to a contribution of US$40 million from the Government of Iraq, it now had sufficient funding to support its efforts to provide food assistance to up to 750,000 vulnerable internally displaced Iraqis until the scheduled close of the operation in March 2009. >>More..

Kindergarten students showered with toys Dahuk, Iraq – Children at the House of Angels School were showered with toys during a recent visit from members of the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq. >>More..

Iraq’s Medical Meltdown The bombings are only the beginning of the story. >>More..

Iraqi children receive generous school supply donation Air Force Master Sgt. >>More..

Iraq Family Health Survey 2006/7 Ministry of Health / Iraq Central Organization for Statistics & Information Technology >>More..

Iraqis\' Quality of Life Marked By Slow Gains, Many Setbacks BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 -- This war-battered city, according to U.S. >>More..

Iraqi Displacement: The Need for Solutions Elizabeth Ferris Senior Fellow and Co-Director Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement >>More..

Healthcare Until the early 1990s, Iraq\'s healthcare system was considered one of the most advanced in the Middle East. Following the Gulf War, it began to deteriorate. Prior to the Iraq War, healthcare spending amounted to 50 cents (US) per Iraqi per year. Today, the Iraqi healthcare system has regressed to a chronic and smoldering condition. >>More..

OXFAM Survey: ‘Aid agencies largest provider of assistance’ to Iraqi women – 76% of widows do not receive pension In an Oxfam International survey 10 conducted among 1700 Iraqi women, 60% of the respondents reported that aid agencies were the largest provider of aid, followed by 23% for local leaders while 15% cited the national government as their major provider of assistance. >>More..

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – Focus on women in Iraq Women in Iraq more food insecure than men.. Iraqi women fare worse than men in a number of humanitarian indicators. In Iraq, female headed households are more vulnerable to food insecurity, poverty and a variety of other adverse outcomes than households headed by men. 8 The difference is particularly acute in rural areas compared to those living in urban areas. >>More..

WFP SAYS IRAQ OPERATION NEAR FULLY FUNDED, THANKS TO HUGE IRAQI GOVERNMENT DONATION The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that largely thanks to a contribution of US$40 million from the Government of Iraq, it now had sufficient funding to support its efforts to provide food assistance to up to 750,000 vulnerable internally displaced Iraqis until the scheduled close of the operation in March 2009. >>More..