Over the past decade leukemia rates in Iraq have increasing at an alarming rate. Currently, Iraq has one of the highest leukemia rates in the world (Hagopian, 2010). This is largely due to the numerous conflicts that Iraq has faced. As a result of these conflicts, large amounts of hazardous wastes have been left in the country, these include depleted uranium and other heavy metals, used lithium batteries, acids and petroleum, etc. In addition to these remnants of war, during the Iraq war, military burn pits released toxic emissions and known carcinogens into the atmosphere. These wastes have had a large negative impact on the environment throughout the country. Currently, much of the nations food and water supplies are effected. Contaminated water is often the only water supply for communities, and much of the agricultural land produces food that has been exposed to radiation and toxic chemicals. This is in turn greatly affecting the nations health (Taylor & Francis, 2013). After the removal of US troops in 2011, the country was left to clean up these toxic chemicals. However, with a still struggling government, an economy weekend due to international sanctions, and a lack of trained professionals, the removal of these wastes was not possible for Iraq to accomplish by itself. When it comes to treatment of the disease, the nation has an extremely poor health infrastructure, and is largely missing the facilities and technology to provide proper care to those with leukemia. More government spending on health care is needed to help eradicate this problem. However, with an unhealthy population, Iraq has seen a decrease in their national GDP over the past decade, and therefore, government spending on social programs has been cut (World Health Organization, 2015). This in turn creates a cycle, worsening health causes a lower GDP which results in less spending on health care, which prevents the population from getting healthier. In order to break this cycle, capacity and aid based interventions are needed.