Partnership to enhance women’s health research in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Academic development for urologists in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

OBJECTIVES Continuous education is mandatory for all urologists, and undertaking cooperative research is a very effective means for this. We describe the experience and possibilities for continuing education for urologists in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. We hope to provide a framework for stimulating urological education and research in other countries where urologists face the same obstacles....

Health Sector Reform in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq: Financing Reform, Primary Care, and Patient Safety.

In 2010, the Kurdistan Regional Government asked the RAND Corporation to help guide reform of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The overarching goal of reform was to help establish a health system that would provide high-quality services efficiently to everyone to prevent, treat, and manage physical and mental illnesses and injuries. This article summarizes the second phas...

Leukemia Study in Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdistan, Iraq

To the Editor: The increased rate of leukemia in several Iraqi cities has been linked to exposure to depleted uranium, which was used during the consequent wars in Iraq from 1990 to 2010.[1‐4] Here, we investigated leukemia occurrence in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate (SG), which has been exposed to wars and crises at the same level as the rest of Iraq.[5] To the best of our knowledge, this study...

Prevalence of silent stroke in Kurdistan, Iraq.

OBJECTIVES To measure the prevalence of silent strokes in the Iraqi Kurdish population, and to identify silent stroke risk factors. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out in Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq from January to June 2009. A sample of 200 patients attending the outpatient clinic was taken. The results of CT and MRI were analyzed, and the proportion of silent infar...

Niaid Womens Health Research (fy 2015-2016)