Geotourism potential of Akre district in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan region, northern Iraq is studied detail. Sixteen geotourism sites were investigated, which are divided into three sub-areas according to their geographical positions. All the tourism located mountainous part High Folded Zone due variations from southern (Low Zone) geology, geomorphology, hydrology and tectonic settings. Based...

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) affects predominantly the axial skeleton and causes inflammatory low back pain. Aims Objectives: We aimed to explore clinical characteristics of AS patients in Iraqi Kurdistan. Materials Methods: In this cross-sectional study, who attended a rheumatic disease center Kurdistan Region Iraq 2022 were screened for diagnosis AS. Results: The mean age was 38.31...

The change from traditional media to electronic requires the necessary controls and laws suit its surroundings, we have also mention that there’s no correct definition of media, but a group experts defined it as follows: “electronic is relies in formation dissemination on elements replace tools with modern techniques communication such Internet. This study entitled (Legal regulation Kurdistan R...

The research aim at the following: constructing a Theoretical knowledge scale for excellent stage handball's player in Kurdistan-Iraq. In order to do that researcher used descriptive method with survey, research's society are handball Kurdistan-Iraq season (2020-2021) composed of (197) divided sample into two called( construction, and applied) sample, construction include (153) on other side ap...

BACKGROUND Studies introduce maternal and neonatal safety phenomena as important challenges to the public health, particularly in low-income countries. However, few researches are conducted on the identification of safety issues in maternity hospitals in Iraq. It was the first study on nurses' perspectives on safety issues in Kurdistan, Iraq. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to describe nur...

BACKGROUND Medicinal plants still play an important role in the Kurdish community. Sulaymaniyah Province in South Kurdistan (Iraq) has a great diversity of plants, including medicinal plants, yet very few scattered ethnobotanical studies conducted in Kurdistan are available in the scientific literature. Thus the study of Kurdish ethnobotany may be crucial for understanding local medicinal plant...

In 2010, the Kurdistan Regional Government asked the RAND Corporation to help guide reform of the health care system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The overarching goal of reform was to help establish a health system that would provide high-quality services efficiently to everyone to prevent, treat, and manage physical and mental illnesses and injuries. This article summarizes the second phas...