Nearly 30 years of economic decline and conflict have had severe humanitarian consequences in Iraq. In particular, education and health services have been severely affected hitting hard women, children, the elderly and the chronically ill.
Iraq is now at a crossroads to political stability and socio-economic recovery. Although the food security situation in Iraq is improving, the latest WFP/Government of Iraq Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA), published in November 2008 shows that there are still 930,000 people in need of food assistance and an additional 6.4 million who are extremely vulnerable and would become food insecure were it not for the Public Distribution System (PDS). The survey also shows that female-headed houses and those in rural areas are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity.
In response to these findings, WFP is shifting its strategy in Iraq from food aid to food assistance and supporting the Government in finding durable solutions to food insecurity.
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