American Univesity of Beirut

The following links concern public health in Iraq. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. Suggest additional resources or tell us if a link is broken. Please write us at: phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb​

Audio Visual Materials

• Failing health care in Iraq - 20 Mar 08 - Iraq (AlJazeeraEnglish, 2008)
  
• Inside Iraq - Iraq's Education System - 07 Dec 07 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (AlJazeeraEnglish, 2007)
  
• Inside Iraq - Iraq's healthcare crisis - 12 Oct 07 - Part 1, Part 2 - Iraq (AlJazeeraEnglish, 2007)
  
• Iraq's children suffer from a war affected health-care - Iraq (AlJazeeraEnglish, 2011)
  
• الوضع ُ الصحي في العراق بين هجرة الاطباء من بلادِهم وعودتهم - العراق (khalid yousif, 2008)
  

Books and Publications

• Eldis - Iraq
  
• Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture (GIEWS) - Special Reports on Iraq
  
• Special Reports of FAO/WFP Post Harvest Assessment Mission to Iraq: September 2003, October 1997, June 2014
  
• Ahmed, N. Åstrøm, A.N., Bergen, N.S., & Petersen, P.E. (2007). Dental caries prevalence and risk factors among 12-year old schoolchildren from Baghdad, Iraq: a post-war survey.
  
• PreventionWeb - Policy, Plans & Statements - Iraq
  
• UNICEF - Gender equality profiles from the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) - Iraq
  
• World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository (you can choose countries and topics) - Iraq
  

Centers, Associations, Organizations and Networks

• Act for Change (ACTED) - Iraq
  
• Centers for Dsiease Control & Prevention (CDC) - Refugee Health Profiles - Iraqi Refugees
  
• Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - Iraq
  
• HIV InSite - Middle East and North Africa (Center for HIV Information (CHI), University of California, UCSF Medical Center) -  Iraq
  
• International Organization for Migration -Iraq
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) - Iraq 
  
• International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) / Middle East - Iraq
  
• International Relief and Development (IRD) / Middle East - Iraq 
  
• Iraqi Ministry of Education
  
• Iraqi Nursing Syndicate (Facebook apge) - Iraq
  
• Iraqi Scientific Nursing and Midwifery Association (Iraq)
  
• Iraqi Medical Society International (Iraq)
  
• Iraqi Community Pharmacists Association (Facebook page) (Iraq)
  
• International Diabetes Federation (IDF) - Middle East & North Africa -  Iraq
  
• Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor - Iraq
  
• Mines’ Advisory Group (MDG International) - Iraq
  
• Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - United Nations' Human Rights - Human Rights  Programme for the Middle East and North Africa: Iraq
  
• Psychology Resources Around the World - (Midle East / Africa - contains information on Arab countries in Africa) -  Iraq
  
• Stop FGM Middle East - FGM in the Middle East: Iraq
  
• Syndicate of Iraqi Pharmacists - Iraq
  
• UNESCO International Bureau of Education - Iraq
  
• UNESCWA Population Information Network (POPIN) - Iraq
  
• UNFPA - Iraq
  
• UNICEF -  Iraq
  
• UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) - Iraq
  
• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs - Iraq
  
• United Nations Development Group (UNDG) - Iraq
  
• United Nations Iraq
  
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Iraq
  
• World Food Programme - Iraq
  

Conferences

• Iraq Healthcare Conference, 26-28 May 2014 (Erbil, Iraq)
  

Data and Statistics

• Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology - Iraq
  
• Childinfo (UNICEF)
  
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MISC):  Round 5 (2012-2014): Survey results from participating countries will be available starting from the end of 2013., Round 4 (2009-2011), Round 3 (2005-2006), Round 2 (2000), Round 1 (1995): Done in Iraq  
  
• Profile of Iraq
  
• Countdown to 2015 - Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival (WHO Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health - Iraq) 
  
• DataFinder, Population Reference Bureau - Iraq
  
• Data Wizard (Devinfo) - Iraq (the database allows for  choosing countries and indicators to generate statistics)
  
• Eastern Mediterranean Regional Health System Observatory (WHO EMRO) - Iraq
  
• Environmental and public health workers density (per 1000 population) - Middle East and North Africa (Quandl Financial & Economic Data) - Iraq
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Iraq
  
• Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - IHME) - Country profiles - Iraq
  
• Global Data Sources: Global Database on Iodine Deficiency - Iraq (WHO), Global Health Expenditure Database - Iraq (WHO) (choose "Eastern Mediterranean Region", then "Iraq" from the list to the left and click "Refresh data"), Global Health Observatory- Iraq (WHO), Global Health Fact - Iraq (Kaiser Foundation), Global Database on Anemia - Iraq (WHO), Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency - Iraq (WHO)
  
• Global Road Satety Partnership - Middle East and North Africa -  Iraq  
  
• GIEWS Country Briefs - Iraq
  
• HPV Information Centre -  Iraq
  
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: Global Burden of Disease: Iraq
  
• International Labor Organization (ILO): Natlex, Normlex - Iraq
  
• Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey (IHSES-2007) - World Bank: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
  
• Medical Devices (WHO) - Iraq
  
• MDGs Indicators (UN) - Iraq
  
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Country Briefing - Iraq
  
• National Health Expenditures (WHO) - Iraq
  
• NationMaster.com - Iraq
  
• Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011 (WHO) - Iraq
  
• PreventionWeb - Disaster Data & Statistics - Iraq
  
• Profile of Iraq (WHO) 
  
• Quandl Financial & Economic Data - Iraq (check different topics to the right)
  
• Regional Health Observatory (click on "Iraq" on the left navigation)
  
• Social Watch- Extended Data - Iraq
  
• Social Progress Imperative - Social Progress Index - Iraq (click "By Component" for different themes)
  
• Step-wise Surveillance System (STEPS):
  
• country reports, data books, fact sheets, journal articles, presentations or posters - Iraq 
  
• Chronic diseases and health promotion- Impact of chronic diseas Middle East/ Africa -  Iraq
  
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC): Health, Education
  
• The Tobacco Atlas - Iraq (click on "Topics" for different themes)
  
• Tobacco Country Profile (WHO) - Iraq
  
• UNDP - Iraq
  
• UNESCO education country profile - Iraq
  
• UNICEF statistics (variety of topics) - Iraq
  
• World Bank Data, Development Statistics - Iraq  
  
• World Bank - Poverty & Equity Data - Middle East & North Africa - Iraq
  
• World Health Organization data and statistics on Road injury - Iraq
  
• WHO UNICEF review of national immunization coverage, 1980-2013 - Iraq
  
• WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system. 2015 global summary - Iraq
  

Health systems

• Iraq - WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (2005-2010)
  

Maps

• GINI index/ Middle East: Iraq
  

Programs and Initiatives/Projects

• AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (WHO EMRO) -  Iraq
  
• Disease Control Priorities Project - Middle East and North Africa -  Iraq
  
• Humanitarian Action for Children - Middle East & North Africa (UNICEF) - Iraq
  
• Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) - Iraq
  
• REACH Initiative (ACTED and IMPACT Initiatives and UNOSAT) - Iraq
  
• Reliefweb -  Iraq
  
• Save The Children (UK) - Iraq
  
• Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) - WHO EMRO: Iraq