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Iraq Living Conditions Tragic - Report
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Iraq Living Conditions Tragic - Report
Niko Kyriakou
Iraq Living Conditions Tragic - Report
Niko Kyriakou
Continue reading: IPS news - http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28665UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - Iraqis' living conditions have deteriorated and pose challenges for development efforts two years after the U.S.-led invasion, says a groundbreaking new joint Iraqi-U.N. report.
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Household surveys were conducted last year and measured indicators ranging from health to employment, housing, status of and access to public services, education, income and war-related deaths.
The report estimates the number of Iraqis who have died since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 somewhere between 18,000 and 29,000.
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Nearly one-fourth of Iraqi children aged between six months and five years are chronically malnourished, meaning they have stunted growth, the report says. Among all Iraqi children, more than one in 10 suffer from general malnutrition, meaning they have a low weight for their age. Another eight percent have acute malnourishment, or low weight for their height. (...)
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