Healthcare under sanctions in Iraq
An elective experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19503130 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhammed Akunjee (Guy's Hospital), Asif Ali (0009-0009-2761-433X) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-257 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623690208409633 |
| PMID | 12201083 |
| OpenAlex | W2088433029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
As a consequence of the 1991 Gulf War and the ensuing UN sanctions, not only was the Iraqi government destroyed, but also the general infrastructure of the country was disrupted, with the civilian population and public services bearing much of the aftermath. Ten years after the war, the health system in Iraq is still in a perilous situation. The effects of sanctions have affected almost every aspect of medical care. There has been a mass exodus of health care professionals, many of whom were foreign nationals. Doctors' salaries fell rapidly to only $30 a month, barely enough to buy the necessities of daily living. Iraqi hospitals have no access to foreign journals, textbooks or the internet; leading to a generation of out-dated and under-skilled health professionals. Most worrying is the ever-present embargo on many essential medicines. Only one-third of the medicines are available for chemotherapy for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children (UKALL 97 modified 99 protocol). At the Al-Mansour paediatric teaching hospital this shortfall has led to a substantial increase in childhood mortality, with disease-free survival rates falling to 25 per cent compared to 60 per cent in 1988
Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Immigration · Political science · Population · Public health · Sanctions · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics
Easier In than Out
Economic sanctions, healthcare and the right to health
Changes in healthcare seeking behaviors among caretakers of children in the previously occupied Isis territory
Health system reconstruction
(Dis)connectivities in wartime
Medical education and health care in Iraqi Kurdistan in the last four decades
Terrorizing Violence and the Iraq War
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |