GHS Index 2021
6-pillar pandemic preparedness · NTI/Johns Hopkins
WHO IHR-SPAR
15 IHR core capacities · self-assessment, latest year
Disease burden — longitudinal
WHO TB Programme + GHO + UN MMEIG
Recent outbreaks in Iraq
0 WHO DON events
SAHA-selected governorates (5)
From the SAHA Pillar 1 PPF report (IMACS, 2026) — evidence matrix per governorate.
IQ-BA
Basrah
البصرة
Priority sub-areas
Khorma · Abu Al-Kaseeb · Shatt Al Arab · Zubair · El Fao
Climate hazards
Extreme heat; chronic grid failure; Shatt al-Arab salinity intrusion (20–50+ g/L); WASH crisis; sandstorms.
Priority diseases
Acute diarrhoeal / waterborneHeat-relatedWASH-related communicable diseasesIndustrial-contamination co-morbidities
Vulnerability ranking
Iraq's most severe climate hotspot; 11 contaminated industrial / military legacy sites.
Health infrastructure
Basra Teaching Hospital + ~120 PHCs; ~40% of marshland PHCs paper-based; ~60% mobile-team coverage in marshlands.
Refugees / displaced
Returning IDPs from southern provinces; Fao and Abu Al-Kaseeb among top climate-displacement origins.
Open data gaps
IQ-001 HERAMS 2024 sub-area extraction · IQ-002 refugee camps + PoEs
choleraheatsalinityindustrial
IQ-DQ
Dhi Qar
ذي قار
Priority sub-areas
Nasiriya · Al Chibaish · Al Rifa · Al Midahina
Climate hazards
Multi-year drought; salinity; marshland degradation (Ramsar site); extreme heat; flooding.
Priority diseases
WASH-relatedHeat-relatedVector-borne (visceral leishmaniasis 15–21 / 100K)Displacement-linked
Vulnerability ranking
Multi-year compound stressors; high climate-displacement (Al Chibaish, Al Midahina).
Health infrastructure
~80 PHCs; rural marshland units; HERAMS sub-area data missing.
Refugees / displaced
IDPs from drought + marshland degradation; Al Qurna corridor.
Open data gaps
Same as Basrah
PPF note: 2022 CCHF surge — 48% of Iraq's 212 cases concentrated in Dhi Qar (WHO 2022).
water-borneVLheatdisplacement
IQ-SD
Salah al-Din
صلاح الدين
Priority sub-areas
Samarra · Tikrit · Al Alam · Balad · Ad Dujalid
Climate hazards
Drought + heat layered on conflict-damaged infrastructure; declining Tigris flow.
Priority diseases
WASH-relatedHeat-relatedVector-borneConflict / infrastructure interactionWaterborne
Vulnerability ranking
Compound fragility (climate + post-conflict).
Health infrastructure
Tikrit Teaching Hospital + ~45 PHCs; DHIS2 operational; security stabilised post-2018.
Refugees / displaced
Returning IDPs post-ISIS.
Open data gaps
Cross-country gaps
water-borneheatvector
IQ-DI
Diyala
ديالى
Priority sub-areas
Baquba (Bakuba) · Baladroz · Banjwin · Sharbazir / Al Khalis
Climate hazards
Sand & dust storms; flash flooding; drought; water scarcity.
Priority diseases
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (PRIMARY)WaterborneHeat-relatedFlash-flood injuries
Vulnerability ranking
Top-10 sensitivity (Diyala Qasabah); top climate-displacement (Baladroz).
Health infrastructure
Cross-border districts with Iran (Banjwin + Sharbazir).
Refugees / displaced
Cross-border refugee / PoE flows.
Open data gaps
IQ-001
CL leishwater-borneheat
IQ-SU
Sulaymaniyah
السليمانية
Priority sub-areas
Al-Sulaimaniya · Halabja · Darbandikhan · Ranya · Said Sadiq · Sharah Zur · Mawat
Climate hazards
Camp-linked communicable disease; WASH gaps; flash floods; cholera resurgence.
Priority diseases
CholeraMeaslesDiarrhoealCamp-linked CDsWASH-relatedFlash-flood injuries
Vulnerability ranking
KRG governorate; HERAMS confirms lower functional-PHC density in eastern sub-districts.
Health infrastructure
KRG MoH-managed; functional PHC density lower in the east; net-metering absent → off-grid PV+BESS required.
Refugees / displaced
Multiple displacement cycles.
Open data gaps
IQ-003 Kurdistan net-metering + BESS feasibility · KRG–Federal coordination
cholerameaslesflash-floodscamp-linked