In the city of Basra, Iraq, we collaborate with the country's authorities to develop specialist services in the local health system in order to bring them into line with international standards and growing regional demand. Our investments are concentrated in oncological diagnostics and in the haemato-oncology and surgical departments of the Children's Hospital. We are also involved in the training of doctors in the pediatric field, in the renovation and expansion of the Basra Cancer Children Hospital and in the supply of specific medical equipment in the field of oncology.
In Iraq, we operate in the field of hydrocarbon exploration and development, particularly in the area of the Zubair field. At the same time, to support local development, we carry out initiatives to promote health, and education, and to ensure greater access to energy and water in the region.
Iraq
2017 – present
Community healthIn the Governorate of Basra, where the Zubair field is located, we are engaged alongside the Directorate of Health for the development of specialist services of the local health system, responding to the growing demand of the region. Thanks to the collaboration with the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, the Basra Nuclear Medicine Unit has a nuclear medicine department equipped with the latest generation equipment, the intervention is part of the Construction project of the nuclear diagnostic center in Basra (NNMW project) entrusted to Basrah Health Directorate (BHD) in 2024. Instead, through the collaboration with the Gaslini Paediatric Institute of Genoa, the city's Paediatric Hospital is renovated and equipped with a new oncology pavilion, thus adapting to international standards relating to diagnostic capabilities and therapeutic protocols, as part of the project to support and complete the new onco haematological pavilion of the Basra Children Cancer Hospital (BCCH). In 2024, technical support was also provided to the Um Qasr hospital through the delivery of medical devices.
In the Basra Health District we also support the training activities of doctors and paramedics in the pediatric field with a training and coaching program.
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