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Global Health Crisis : Iraq the Mayhem of War WARTIME IRAQ A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISISGlobal Health Crisis: Iraq the Mayhem of War Iraq is a War torn country located in the deserts of the Middle East Bastian Schweinsteiger Manchester United Jersey , Iraq is surrounded by the Nations of Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria and has one small Southern coastline along the Persian Gulf. Currently Iraq receives much media and political attention due to the ongoing occupation of U.S. military troops and a history war involvement with theUnited States. Beginning with the Gulf Wars in 1991 to present the people of Iraq has suffered the consequences of long term of warfare. Politically Iraq is still in turmoil as the recent dictator president Suddam Hussein, who developed a pervasive personality cult, ran an authoritarian government, and maintained power through the devastating Iran-Iraq War (1980芒鈧€?988) and the first Persian Gulf War (1991), which both corresponded with a sharp decline in living standards and the human rights situation (wikipedia 2005). In November 2003, the US-managed Coalition Provisional Authority announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an Iraqi Interim Government by mid-2004. The actual transfer of sovereignty occurred on 28 June 2004. The interim president was Sheikh Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, and the interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. On January 30, 2005, the Iraqi people voted in an election conducted by their transitional government which elected a 275-member Transitional National Assembly. In the January 30, 2005, Legislative elections, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. The voting represented the first general election since the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq Axel Tuanzebe Manchester United Jersey , and marked an important step in the transition of turning control of the country over from US occupation forces to the Iraqis themselves (wikipedia 2005) Years of war and continuous attacks on the economic and healthcare infrastructure of Iraq have resulted in a major health crisis for this country. The cost to the health of the Iraqi citizens is tremendous and continues to worsen. Beginning in 1991 with the Gulf War which many analysts believe was not a war in the usual sense as Iraq was no fair match for the advanced weapon systems of the United States Military. 88,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Iraq, equal in destruction to seven of the bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima (Abdul-Hamid 2005). During the Gulf war military targets were civilians and the economic infrastructure of Iraq, destroying irrigation facilities, hospitals, pharmaceutical plants, water sources, factories, electrical and communication lines There are also reports of experimental biological and chemical weapons being used of which many American Soldiers have been exposed to resulting in a cluster of symptoms known as The Gulf War Syndrome (Middle East Watch 1991). Chronic symptoms such as fatigue, rashes, aching joints, headaches, neurological and emotional instability, memory loss and diarrhea have been extensively reported by not only U.S. soldiers but also by Iraqi civilians who do not have the medical resources to manage the syndrome. According to sources the debilitating symptoms first appeared during the Gulf War in U.S. troops as well as in the hospitals of Southern Iraq and Kuwait. Additionally and even more alarming these symptoms have also been reported in family members of U.S. troops after returning from combat leading medical authorities to suspect a biological or chemical agent. Suspected causes have been documented as; chemical or biological such as nerve agents,Anthrax Ashley Young Manchester United Jersey , Brucellosis or possible viral or DNA altered micro organisms, depleted uranium munitions and radiation poisoning, toxic environmental substances such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and organic carbon and metal from large scale oil well fires and insecticides and pesticides (Hammell 2003). Research conducted at the Gulf War Illness research Unit and London based, U.S. funded Research lab continue to study the etiology of symptoms of Gulf War Veterans and certain deficiency芒鈧劉s were found in previous studies, such the effects of depleted uranium, further studies into the same symptoms in Iraq civilians and the proven incidence of higher morbidity rates among Gulf war veterans than those in other conflicts. Gulf War syndrome is only one aspect of the Iraqi health crisis included are other widespread infectious diseases such, physical trauma and injury related to gunfire, bombs, landmines and insurgent terrorism. Iraqi women suffer severe reproductive irregularities such as stillborn fetuses, deformities , premature births and low birth weights, acute malnutrition and starvation, currently the life expectancy of Iraqi civilians in 55 years, child mortality rates were estimated in 2003 to be 200-300 deaths per 1000 births (Panch et al 2004). Additionally the psychological impact of war has taken is evident with mental illness such as depression Antonio Valencia Manchester United Jersey , suicide, psychosocial trauma and acute anxiety increasing exponentially. In a recent edition of Medicine, Conflict and Survival, a psychiatric journal, it was reported that there was an increase in domestic violence, child and spouse abuse, acts of public violence and mentalbehavioral disorders (Adjukovic 2004). 芒鈧淭he magnitude of communicable diseases continues to increase,芒鈧劉 says the Minister of Health and international health authorities are in agreement that the major threat to the health of Iraq are from the communicable diseases which have reached epidemic proportions and continue to increase due to the destruction of Iraq芒鈧劉s infrastructure including water and sanitation, the healthcare system, lack of immunizations, malnutrition and greater exposure to pathogens. Additionally, violence has also been named as one of the top causes of death in Iraq, the combination of traumatic injury and infectious disea .