And now, cholera.
Even that big bad evil Saddam- under sanction, no less- was able to hold off an epidemic of cholera:
First Cholera Case Confirmed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) – The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday the first cholera case in Baghdad since 2003, raising fears the disease is spreading from the north of the country where it has struck more than 1,000 people.
Cholera is endemic to Iraq, with about 30 cases registered each year. But the last time there was an epidemic in the country was in 1999 when 20 cases were discovered in one day, said Adel Muhsin, the Health Ministry’s inspector-general.</em>
