“New Cholera Outbreak Hits Iraq”
“New Cholera Outbreak Hits Iraq”
Sept. 8, 2008
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/iraq/main4425330.shtml
At least 20 cases of cholera were confirmed in southern Baghdad on Monday. Health officials have said about 90% of cases are just diarrhea, however in the Babil province of Iraq there have been over 300 cases reported with 10 dead Iraqis. Many have blamed the outbreak on the Health Ministries in Baghdad for a less than adequate performance. Officials have had to close down sites around Baghdad in order to contain the disease.
With this outbreak the moral of Iraqis can only decline. This has shown that even in Iraq the living conditions have not improved since the war began. Since the U.S. is currently occupying Iraq, some would argue that it is up to the U.S. to work to improve the overall health of the citizens of Iraq. Although this event most significantly affects the citizens of the area, this could also lead to other neighboring countries to worry about the disease spreading into their own regions. Although these deaths are nothing compared to the number due to both U.S. and Terrorist attacks, they remain more prominent because of the fact that this shows the even the basic needs of the people of Iraq, such as clean water, are not being met.
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