AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoDrug-price crackdown: Iraq’s parliament has formed a committee to standardize medicine prices in pharmacies nationwide and push clearer prescribing, including electronic prescriptions, while warning of counterfeit labels and alleged collusion among doctors, pharmacists, and labs that drives up costs for patients. Fuel-price protests: Farmers and other workers have staged road blockades and demonstrations across Wasit, Karbala, and Al-Muthanna over steep diesel price hikes, delayed crop payments, and shortages affecting heavy machinery—sparking wider unrest tied to the cost of doing business and getting supplies. Kurdistan security talks: In Erbil, Kurdistan Region leaders met a senior UK military delegation to discuss strengthening security cooperation and integrating Peshmerga forces, as the international coalition’s Iraq mandate nears its end. Healthcare workforce pressure: Medical graduates protested hiring delays in Baghdad, adding to ongoing concerns about access to care and staffing in Iraq’s health system.
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