HeRAMS Iraq Baseline Report 2023 Part 1: Operational status of the health system

The Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) aims to provide decision-makers and health stakeholders at large with vital and up-to-date information on the availability of essential health resources and services, help them identify gaps, and determine priorities for intervention. 

HeRAMS has been deployed in Iraq since July 2022. The results presented in this report series are based on the assessment of 3478 health facilities across 16 governorates, namely Anbar, Babylon, Baghdad-Karkh, Baghdad-Resafa, Basrah, Diwaniya, Diyala, Kerbala, Kirkuk, Missan, Muthanna, Najaf, Ninewa, Salah-Al-Din, Thi-Qar, and Wassit and was collected up until November 8th, 2022. It should be noted that the deployment of HeRAMS, including data verification and validation, continues. Hence, this analysis is not final and is produced solely for the purpose of informing operations.

This is the first report of the HeRAMS Iraq Baseline Report 2023 Part 1 report series, focusing on the operational status of health facilities, including level and type of support provided by partners and availability of basic amenities. For more in-depth information on availability of essential health services and barriers impeding service delivery, specialized reports are available covering:

1. general clinical and trauma care services,
2. child health and nutrition services,
3. communicable diseases services,
4. sexual and reproductive health services, and
5. non-communicable disease and mental health services.

A second report series presenting results for the remaining governorates (Dahuk, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah) is available here HeRAMS Iraq Baseline Report 2023 Part 2.