Victims of the sanctions in Iraq
Iraq, Politics, 12/20/1999

The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Sunday said that more than 10,000 persons, mostly children, died in November because of the UN embargo imposed on Iraq since 1990.

In a statement the Iraqi ministry said the deaths were because of the spread of health problems such as diarrhea, lung problems, malnutrition, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer that often hit the elderly.

The number of persons who have died in Iraq since the imposition of the embargo by the UN in 1990 increased to 1,215,787.

Meanwhile, Iraqi Minister of Health Omid Medhat Mubarak said in a statement that the US and British representatives at the sanctions committee suspended contracts including medicines, ambulances and other medical needs required by the Iraqi health establishments.

In 1997, UNICEF announced that the majority of the Iraqi children who are under five years old suffer malnutrition which, in the long run, affects their physical and mental growth.

Previous Stories:
  Baghdad announces the death of 9,000 Iraqis in October   (11/16/1999)
  British parliament Galloway's caravan in Iraq   (11/8/1999)
  Iraq buys Russian ambulances   (10/28/1999)

Please add a link on your webiste pointing to ArabicNews.com and bookmark ArabicNews.com & subscribe to our daily email news bulletin.

Search