AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoIraq Health Infrastructure: Iraq’s Health Ministry says it will open 10 new hospitals across Baghdad and other provinces over the next six months, with each facility planned to offer 100–490 beds, as the system struggles with limited capacity and a fast-growing population. Medicine Affordability & Patient Protection: An Iraqi parliamentary temporary committee has been formed to investigate soaring medicine prices and curb pharmacy practices that exploit patients, including proposals to improve prescription readability (printed or coded/electronic) and stop doctors from steering patients to specific pharmacies. Hospital Renovation Oversight: Iraq’s Federal Integrity Commission arrested five staff tied to the renovation of Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Al-Muthanna, alleging cost discrepancies, delays, and technical failures that disrupted cooling units and affected outpatient and inpatient services. Infectious Disease Watch: In the Kurdistan Region, Iraq’s health ministry reports 145 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases since the start of the year through August, including nine deaths, with numbers rising after the first quarter.
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