Baghdad, Iraq - 09 May 2023
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Sulaymaniyah, 9 May 2023— Following a surge in meningitis cases in Halabjah City and Sulaymaniyah governorate since mid-April 2023, an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health was deployed to the affected areas to perform a joint epidemiological investigation of the reported cases and develop a swift response plan to curb the transmission of the disease.
Baghdad, 09 May 2023 – UNAMI Human Rights Office held a roundtable discussion with a diverse group of 15 women artists and writers.
2022 in Review
2.5M PEOPLE IN NEED
991K PEOPLE TARGETED
$400M FUNDING REQUIREMENT
HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT
15 May Erbil/Baghdad: As part of efforts to support the development of the potato sector strategy in Iraq, consultants at governorate level were held in Baghdad today. Another consultation was held in Erbil on 9 May.

Baghdad, 15 May 2023 – The United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh / ISIL (UNITAD) welcomes the new contribution of 20, 914,004 SEK (approx. USD 2 million) from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) supporting UNITAD to advance its core mandate and build capacities of Iraqi civil society.

Baghdad, 16 May 2023
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