Situation updates 2015

Health services are provided to internally displaced people in camps in IraqHighlights, 20 October–15 November 2015

A national polio immunization campaign targeting children under 5 was concluded in all Iraqi governorates with a coverage rate of 90%. The 6-day campaign was also implemented in the newly liberated areas of Telkyef, Sinjar, Shikhan and Talafar- districts of Ninewa governorate.

WHO handed over to Duhok Department of Health in October 2015 4 complete Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kits in preparation for any cholera outbreak emergency.

WHO supported Duhok Department of Health with a consignment of medical equipment and furniture. The consignment included electrical beds with related accessories for the intensive care unit in Azadi Hospital, medical equipment for the operation room, and furniture for Bardarash health sector. The support is part of the WHO programme of enhancing the secondary health services provided to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Duhok governorate.

A health clinic of 6 caravans was established in the IDPs camp at Najaf road in Kerbala governorate. The clinic is equipped with a laboratory, pharmacy and wound dressing rooms in addition to a maternal and child health services unit. The clinic will provide health services to approximately 5000 IDPs.

The cholera task force continues its meetings headed by the Ministry of Health in Baghdad to collaborate the emergency response for outbreak containment in the country.

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