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USAID Delivers Food Assistance in Northern Iraq Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it is partnering with local organizations to provide food assistance to more than 85,000 people across Iraq’s Ninewa Province who are experiencing increased hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Movement restrictions that are helping control the spread of COVID-19 have also prevented many people from …

By U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | 10 May, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies

U.S. Provides Additional Assistance to Iraq to Respond to Novel Coronavirus COVID-19

The United States Government has provided $670,000 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Iraq from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is providing these funds to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support Iraq’s COVID-19 readiness and response. These funds will contribute to …

By U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | 25 March, 2020 | Topics: News, U.S. Agencies, U.S. Consulate in Erbil, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad