UNICEF Iraq, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health, launched the country’s first Child Benefit initiative in the Muthanna Governorate. This effort will benefit 7,000 vulnerable children and expectant mothers and inform social safety net reforms led by the government. The initiative, funded by the Europea…
Read in full »Figures show that those infected with HIV/AIDS in Iraqi Kurdistan have increased from two to 107. And international experts warn that locals need to discuss topics like this more openly, or risk an epidemic. Three days after the 41-year-old man from Cameroon arrived in the semi-autonomous state of Iraqi Kurdistan who was deported. His crime? The m…
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