ULAIMANIYAH (Iraq): Six women in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan are suspected to have contracted the A (H1N1) flu while in the United State, the regional health minister said on Sunday.

Baghdad — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday promised to build more than 1,000 new hospitals and medical clinics, Iraqi state television reported.

BAGHDAD: The Ministry of Healthwill receive 6 percent of Iraq’s 2009 federal budget, the chairman of the parliamentary health and environment committee said on Tuesday.