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Cairo -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed more than one million cases of COVID-19 in the 22 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. As of 11 am today, 1 035 991 cases and 23 731 deaths have been recorded from the Region spanning Morocco to Pakistan.

Baghdad, Iraq: The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Iraqi Ministry of Health, today kicked off a major COVID-19 awareness campaign targeting high risk and affected areas in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Baghdad - UN Iraq Special Representative Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Iraq, Dr. Adham Ismail, visited the Ministry of Health today, where they met with the Minister of Health Dr. Hassan al-Tamimi.

Erbil – Decades of conflict in Iraq have had a devastating effect on the country and led to deeper divisions along sectarian lines.

Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report

Baghdad, Erbil-Iraq, 16 April 2021 - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) announces today that, in coordination with national health authorities, and in solidarity with the people of Iraq, it is providing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) sets to COVID-19 treatment hospitals in 7 Governorates, complementing efforts undertaken by other partners.  

Baghdad, 16 July 2020 – The Government of France has committed EUR 300,000 (US$334,448) to support the Government of Iraq’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day