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Health and Nutrition-Iraq
For every child in Iraq, the right to survival, growth and development.
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World Children’s Day 2024
AMMAN, 20 November 2024 -, “On World Children’s Day, we honor the promise we made to every child — to protect and uphold their rights, safeguard their future and nurture their potential. “35 years ago, these promises were adopted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Children’s unique ...
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New UNICEF Representative in Iraq, Sandra Lattouf, presents her credentials
BAGHDAD, 17 July 2023 -, Sandra Lattouf presented her credentials yesterday as UNICEF’s new Representative in Iraq to Counsellor Mr. Ammar Mohammed Dawood, Head of the Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. “It is a great honour to join the team in Iraq to serve the most vulnerable children and...
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“Breastfeeding acts as a baby’s first vaccine, providing critical protection from diseases and death” - UNICEF
Baghdad, 2 August 2021, - Today marks the launch of the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), an awareness-raising campaign to remind everyone that breastfeeding is every baby’s best source of nutrition, bolstering brain development and with lifelong benefits for mother and baby. Breastfeeding is a cornerstone of infant and young child survival, nutrition, growth and…
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Iraq humanitarian Action for Children
More than 6.7 million people in Iraq, including 3.3 million children under 18 years, will need humanitarian assistance in 2019. Although armed violence has declined, and over 4.2 million people are returning to their homes, 1.7 million people, including 800,000 children, remain displaced. Over 30 percent of displa...
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Immunization for better child health: a trip with the National Polio Campaign team in Erbil, Iraq
Whenever you ask people about the most important thing in life the answer is usually good health. During the month of April in Erbil Iraq, the National Polio Immunization Campaign came to town with a door to door drive to vaccinate children between the ages of one day to five years. The campaign team was made up o...
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The Ministry of Health, supported by WHO and UNICEF, launches the National Immunization Days campaign in Iraq
Baghdad, 1, 6 April 2019 – , His Excellency, the Minister of Health, Dr Alaa Alwan in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Acting Country Representative, Dr Adham Ismail, and UNICEF Representative, Ms Hamida Lasseko, launched on 7 April 2019 the Polio National Immunization Days (NIDs) campaign ...
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Japan donates US$ 3.4 million to support the health and nutrition needs of children in Iraq
Media Assets here, , Baghdad, Iraq, 4 March 2019, – The government of Japan has donated US$3.4 million to provide lifesaving health and nutrition assistance for vulnerable children in conflict-affected areas in Iraq. Approximately 4.2 million people have returned to their homes after fleeing the violence that e...
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Health and nutrition
Challenges, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Care - MNCH:, Many women and newborns do not receive quality maternal and child care, even when they are able to access health facilities before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth. Management system issues, lack of medication, and lack of expertise in parts ...