The hemoglobinopathies are a group of disorders that acquired through families in which there is abnormal creation or structure of the hemoglobin molecule, which cause a considerable public health problem. The carriers of Hb diseases worldwide are estimated to be 269 million with about 400,000 births a year. The birth of effected child, consequently, places extensive physical, physiological and fiscal burden, not only on the affected child and its family, but also on the society and the nation at large. Methodology:In this cross-sectional study 601 patients with hemoglobinopathies (317 males and 284 females), Whose age ranged from months to ≥40 years. They were attending genetic blood disease center at Al-Habobi hospital in Thi-Qar governorate during the data collection period (1 st March to 31 May 2016). Results:Thalassemia has high prevalence than other hemoblobinopathies (76.53) and majority of cases was blood group O. The highly percentage of cases was at age ≤ 10 years (54.08) followed by 21-30 years was (34.44), highly percentage of cases was in urban (60.90).Recommendations: Adequate and suitable therapeutic and preventive measures should be taken to diminish birth of effected children such as health education of individuals about importance of premarital screening program for all couple to identify gen carrier individual of hemoglobinopathies.

Background: Heart diseases are one of the major causes for death especially in developing countries across the world. According to WHO, the deaths due to heart diseases in Iraq has reached 18.50% of total death in 2017 and Iraq has been identified as 19 th rank at the international level. In our study, the heart diseases are categorized as electrical, circulatory and structural diseases. Method and Results: A Cross-sectional study was conceded out in a center for heart diseases at Al-Nasiriyah city, Thi-Qar governorate, Iraq, from 1 st April to 31 st May 2018. The patients who were diagnosed with heart diseases in the center were administered with a self-structured questionnaire, which explore the risk factors of heart diseases among them. A total of 80 patients (48 male and 32 female) who responded to questionnaire were included. Those who did not respond to the questionnaire were excluded. More than half of the patients (57.5%) were aged ≥ 60 and 37.5% of them were illiterate. About 65% of patients with circulatory heart diseases consumed red meat more than two times a week, however 81% of them consumed it rarely. Also, 40% of heart disease cases do not perform exercise daily. Conclusion: This study reveals that the risk of heart diseases increases with the factors such as increasing age, having fried food, avoiding fruits daily, eating red meat more than 2 times per week, physical inactivity and being a passive smoker.