Abstract
Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, epidemics of birth defects and cancers are rising in many Iraqi cities. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) undertook a large-scale epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of birth defects in the Iraqi population. A report which appeared on the WHO website in September 2013, claims that "The rates for spontaneous abortion, stillbirths and congenital birth defects found in the [Iraq] study are consistent with or even lower than international estimates." This article discusses the severe shortcomings of this report and questions its reliability .
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Savabieasfahani, Mozhgan
(2013)
"Iraqi Birth Defects and the WHO Report,"
Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.25148/CRCP.1.1.16092146
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https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol1/iss1/6
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