The Impact of Oil on the Emergence of Health Institutions in Iraq (1927 – 1977)

The present research sheds light on the impact of oil on the health aspect in Iraqi society from 1927 in which oil was discovered in Kirkuk until 1977, which witnessed the beginning of high oil revenues in Iraq. The research focuses on the most important achievements made by oil companies in Iraq and the extent to which oil revenues affect the health aspect and many positive facets that have an impact on health. Therefore, the interest of researchers came to trace the mysterious aspects of the impact of oil on the health of society, and how financial imports of oil made a qualitative leap in the life of Iraqi society by increasing the number of health institutions in society and increasing health crews as well as the diversity of medical drugs because before that, the Iraqi society was in dire need for those important institutions in people's lives.