Posted by Maryam Al-Shamlan at Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:33:31 AM EDT
hi everyone, this is an article from the World Health Organization Websit on the Potential impact of conflict on health in Iraq
this is the link: http://www.who.int/features/2003/iraq/briefings/iraq_briefing_note/en/
Below is an interseting (shocking) excerpt from the article:
If 10 000 Iraqi people are unable to access health care for one month, at least:
* 30 children with diarrhoea will not be treated
* 55 children with respiratory infections will go untreated
* 5 children with pneumonia will not receive life-saving antibiotics
* 30 insulin-dependent diabetics will be unable to receive treatment
* 150 pregnant women will not receive antenatal care
* 20 pregnant women will deliver without trained assistance
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