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MSF activities at the Sinuni General Hospital
An MSF health promoter talks to one of the visitors of the Sinuni General Hospital to explain the mental health services that MSF is provides in Sinuni. Sinjar, Iraq, June 2023.
© Bawar Mohammed Rasul/MSF
Although the health system in Iraq continues to recover from decades of war, medical needs remain.

MSF continues to fill key healthcare gaps, especially in maternity, neonatal, and paediatric care. In Mosul’s Nablus neighborhood, MSF operates a field hospital offering comprehensive maternity care, neonatal services, emergency paediatric treatment, and health promotion services. 

MSF also supports the Iraqi National Tuberculosis Institute in the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in different locations in Baghdad. 

Our teams also provide emergency medical support and donations of medical supplies to healthcare facilities in times of need to ensure that access to quality healthcare services is not disrupted during emergencies. 

Our activities in 2024 in Iraq

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2024.

MSF in Iraq in 2024 In 2024, amid Iraq's ongoing efforts to rebuild after years of instability and conflict, Médecins Sans Frontières provided essential medical care in several locations across the country.
Iraq IAR map 2024
Country map for the IAR 2024.
© MSF

Although the Iraqi health system is showing some signs of improvement, people still have unmet medical needs.  

Our work, conducted in three governorates, comprises comprehensive maternal, neonatal, and paediatric care, as well as surgery and health education sessions, to address the needs of communities with limited access to healthcare. We also support people’s mental health, offering individual and group counselling, psychological first aid, and extensive health promotion activities.

Maternal healthcare is the focus of our activities in Ninewa and Dhi Qar governorates. Our teams provide ante- and postnatal care, assistance with deliveries and family planning, as well as offer mental health support and health promotion activities, at two clinics in Mosul – Al-Ubur, on the western outskirts, and Al-Ama, in the Al-Nahrawan neighbourhood – in Ninewa. We provided the same services in Garmat Bani Saeed, in Dhi Qar, until the end of the year.  

Meanwhile, at our field hospital in Mosul’s Nablus neighbourhood, we offer basic maternity services, as well as deliveries by caesarean section, neonatal healthcare, and emergency paediatric care.

We also continue to support the national tuberculosis programme with new treatment protocols and training, while ensuring a continuous supply of medications and conducting screening campaigns in places of detention.  

In addition to our regular projects in Iraq, we cooperate with directorates of health in various governorates and the ministries of health in both federal Iraq and the Kurdistan region, by training healthcare staff and enhancing infection prevention and control measures in health facilities.  

 

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