The 'Epidemic' of violence against junior doctors in Baghdad: reasons, impact and consequences.

Violence against heath care workers in Iraq has reached an 'epidemic' level. It affects health care providers, receivers of care and the health system as a whole. This study aims to explore the reasons and impact of violence against junior doctors in Baghdad city.

Medical and social problems among women headed families in Baghdad.

Background: Women-headed families tend to be the most marginalized and poverty prone in any given community. One in 10 Iraqi households is headed by woman according to International Organization for Migration, though their assessments suggest that this ratio rises to 1 in 8 in displaced families.

Objective: To draw attention to the exposure and vulnerability of women headed families to key medical and social problems.

Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey.

Background: In March, 2003, military forces, mainly from the USA and the UK, invaded Iraq. We did a survey to compare mortality during the period of 14.6 months before the invasion with the 17.