Iraq

International Activity Report: 2009 In Iraq, even though overall levels of violence have decreased, highly volatile areas still remain. Bombings and assassinations continue in many regions, and dozens are killed or wounded every week. Although many health facilities function inside of Iraq, the quality of care has been undermined by a shortage of staff, and there has been no upgrading of skills since the early nineties. As in previous years, MSF could not give direct assistance to the most affected areas in 2009 due to security constraints. However MSF still worked to provide aid from more secure parts of the country or from the outside, especially Jordan.   According to the Iraqi Health Ministry, hundreds of medical employees...