The Ministry of Health is the cabinet -level ministry of the Iraqi government tasked to provide health and medical services to every Iraqi citizen during normal and emergency circumstances in the country.
7-521: The ministry also administers the affairs of health and medical cadres in Iraq. It has a responsibility to provide best requirements of curative and health preventive security to all individuals of society. Health services have been developed by the ministry of health and its facilities. Consultative and service facilities expanded in a remarkable way. Iraqi people, hospitals and health centers suffered from wars and destruction, but in spite of all these circumstances,
14-457: Is an Iraqi psychiatrist, professor, public health expert, and politician. Al-Hasnawi is the current Minister of Health since 28 October 2022. He is an independent politician. Al-Hasnawi was born in 1960 into a Shia muslim family in the city of Karbala . He attended the University of Baghdad and graduated in 1984 with a degree in medicine . He subsequently specialised in psychiatry . He
21-568: The World Health Organization and published in the New England Journal of Medicine . It estimated that there had been 151,000 deaths from violence (95% uncertainty range, 104,000 to 223,000) from March 2003 through June 2006. Commenting on this survey, al-Hasnawi said "I believe in these numbers," and described the survey as "a very sound survey with accurate methodology" and said that it indicated "a massive death toll since
28-555: The Ministry delivers and develops policies, strategies, regulations, laws and frameworks in order to improve and reform the healthcare system. Furthermore, the Ministry works to establish a healthy working environment that encourages continuous professional development. Finally, the Ministry seeks to improve scientific research output for the purpose of promoting the healthcare services in Iraq. Salih al-Hasnawi Dr. Salih Mahdi Muttalib al-Hasnawi ( Arabic : صالح مهدي مطلب الحسناوي )
35-622: The beginning of the conflict." In 2017 he was a candidate for the post of Director-General of UNESCO . Al Hasnawi is the first Iraqi and Arab physician to win the Presidential Medal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh, for his vital role in the improvement of mental health in Iraq and the Middle East. He also had the Fellowship of the faculty of public health (UK) 2011 and
42-496: The health ministry and its cadres could provide best services to Iraqi citizens. The Minister since 2022 is Saleh Mehdi Al-Hasnawi . The health ministry demanded the government to have $ 3.8 billion budget noting that the ministry needs the amount to upgrade the health situation in Iraq. The Ministry's mission is to respond to the needs of the public regarding healthcare services by developing organisational structures that facilitate sustainability and decentralisation. Additionally,
49-411: Was Minister of Health in the cabinet of Nuri al-Maliki during 2007-2010. He worked professionally as a mental health doctor and was a consultant psychiatrist and Director of Health for Karbala before being appointed to the post of Health Minister. In January 2008 he reported the results of the " Iraq Family Health Survey " of 9,345 households across Iraq which was carried out in 2006 and 2007 for
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