تلوث مياه نهر دجلة و علاقتها بمرض الاسهال لدى الاطفال في محافظة بغداد : دراسة مسحية

Abstract EN

The current research seeks to identify the pollution of the waters of the Tigris River and its relationship to diarrhea among children in the province of Baghdad (a survey study).

In Baghdad universities for the academic year 2021-2022, as for the current research sample, it was (100) individuals who were selected according to a set of demographic criteria.

The questionnaire and its statistical characteristics were applied to the current research sample.

The study reached a set of results: 1.

Neighboring countries have contributed to the poor waters of Iraq, especially the Tigris River, through the dumping of waste.

In this regard, it is necessary to point out the negative effects that irrigation projects in neighboring countries, especially Turkey and Iran, leave on the Tigris River water, in addition to the decrease in river levels due to these projects.

In a way that is leaving catastrophic effects on the environment, green spaces, agriculture and livestock, and consequently on the human being in Iraq.2.

Private and public factories and laboratories, as well as government and private hospitals, have contributed to the pollution of the Tigris River as a result of their neglect in throwing toxic and dangerous medical and chemical waste, as well as the lack of monitoring and follow-up by the competent authorities.3.

The sewage water must be treated away from the waters of the Tigris River.

The Tigris has turned into a sewage dump, not to mention the bodies of the dead in it, and the ruins of hundreds of destroyed houses that covered the banks of the river.4.

The Islamic State has polluted the river's water after it extended an oil pipeline to the bank of the Tigris River near the Qayyarah oil refinery and opened it.

This refinery is located in an area of the same name south of Mosul, the center of Nineveh Governorate 5.

The spread of water-borne diseases has become clear as a result of the high rates of failure in the tested biological, chemical and physical samples.

Medical reports have revealed a noticeable increase in the rates of diseases caused by pollution such as typhoid, cholera, kidney failure and diarrhea in children.6.

Baghdad hospitals receive hundreds of sick cases every day resulting from water pollution, such as poisoning and diarrhea for children, kidney and urinary tract diseases for adults, and some cases require treatment from a specialist doctor as well as hospital care, and some require surgical intervention.

Hospitals in Baghdad register five Every day, on average, deaths are due to acute diarrhea caused by contaminated