03/24/06 "ICH" -- -- New York - One of the
most tragic consequenes of the Iraqwar has been its
effect on children. The war continues to claim them among
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“Children are dying everyday because of a lack of essential
medical support. The bad sewage system and lack of purified water,
particularly in suburbs, has been a serious problem which might take years
to solve,” Ahmed Obeid, press officer in the Ministry of Health, said.
“Doctors are struggling to maintain the health of millions of innocent
children, but the basics should be dealt with first. If the sewage and water
systems are not improved, more children will die from diseases such as
diarrhoea and vomiting, which are simple to cure in normal times,” Obeid
added.
According the United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF), one in four Iraqi
children aged under five is chronically malnourished. One in eight dies
before their fifth birthday.
“My nine-year-old daughter died last month because there was no treatment in
the hospital for her disease and we couldn’t afford medicine. Our salary is
not enough to buy [medicine and] food for my other five children,” Hania
Youssef, mother of six, said.
Instead, we could have hired additional public school teachers
we could have paid for children in Oregon to attend
Head Start
we could have insured health care for children in Oregon
we could have built additional housing units in Oregon.
we could have provided students four-year scholarships at
Oregon universities.
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