Help for cancer-striken children in Basra

“Aladdin's Magic Lamp” is a project especially for the cancer-stricken children in Basra in Southern Iraq. These children have for years died an unspectacular, quiet and painful death. None of the children were able to survive, while in Central Europe up to 90% of children with leukaemia can be cured. In 1990 fifteen children in the region of Basra fell ill with leukaemia; in 2002 there were 192 children.   

Cancer ward for children at Ibn Ghazwan
The aid for the cancer ward for children in the Ibn Ghazwan Mother-Child-Hospital in Basra is possible through the project "Aladdin's Magic Lamp". The children’s ward has been enlarged and the continuing supply of medications has been ensured. The mortality rate of the leukaemia-stricken children could be reduced from 100% to 40% within a year. About 1500 children suffering from the tropical illness "Kala Azar" could be cured in the year 2003.

Treatment for Iraqi children in Austria
A number of children, who couldn't be treated in Iraq under present circumstances, could be brought to Austria for therapy.

Training courses for Iraqi doctors

Iraqi medical specialists were given opportunities to rebalance the deficiency of knowledge, which resulted from being isolated from the advances in medicine by the sanctions, in two- to three-month training courses in Austrian hospitals. 

Data & Facts

Aladdin's Wonder Lamp

Location: Basra, Irak

Goal: Relief project for cancer-stricken children. Training courses for Iraqi doctors in Austria. The medical project manager is Dr. Eva-Maria Hobiger, specialist for radiation therapy, who was given the Two Wings Award 2002.