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Subject: MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.





DIST:           JULY 1991



COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJECT: RAPID DECLINE IN HEALTH CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH

     SERVICES IN IRAQ



DOI:      1991







DESCRIBED DETERIORATING PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS IN IRAQ AS

AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.







THE OUTBREAK OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COULD VERY WELL

EXPLODE TO EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THE

EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF IRAQ, THE LOCATIONS ALSO

HARDEST HIT BY CIVIL STRIFE IN THE COUNTRY, ARE SUFFERING FROM

CONTINUOUS OUTBREAKS OF TYPHOID, HEPATITIS (TYPES A AND B),

SALMONELLOSIS, AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, LEPROSY, AND PARASITIC INFESTATION

DISEASES.



 2. THE CAUSES OF THE BREAKDOWN IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION

ARE MANY. THE LACK OF ELECTRIC POWER TO RUN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL CARE.

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