The importance of work and the hurry for earning money has left nothing but competition which further leads to stress and tension at the work place. The work place is no doubt a place where there is extreme stress. But it is up to the individual to handle stress and stay healthy. Stress can lead [...]
Pizzas, burgers, French fries, carbonated drinks. Don’t they stimulate your taste buds once the very names are mentioned? No wonder these are the favorite eatables for many of us as they are highly tasty and make us feel full. But the oblivious fact is that these junk foods are to be featured under the foods [...]
The youth study tour in the Chhlong health operational district of Kratie province made me happy to know that Cambodia has established a Health Equity Fund (HEF) scheme for helping the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Helping them to access health care at the Chhlong Referral Hospital and other hospitals and health centers significantly [...]
Sixty-three-year-old Nem Kem used to walk more than six kilometers every day to get water from a public well. “It took me one or two hours every day just to get 20 liters of water,” she recalls. But since January 2008 all Kem has had to do is turn on her water tap. “It’s very [...]
The Health Sector Support Project (HSSP), which is supported financially by the World Bank, has been implemented by the Ministry of Health for seven years. The HSSP was scaled up to HSSP II in the context of better harmonization among development partners and alignment to government policies, strategies and system. The World Bank Cambodia monthly [...]
Challenge: Cambodia’s health system has improved over the past decade resulting in significant reduction of child mortality, reduction of mortality and morbidity due to communicable diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, TB and malaria, vaccine preventable diseases, and improvement in fertility rate and life expectancy. Despite these improvements, Cambodia still faces challenges. There has been no [...]
One-legged Nurse Pan Hean is a proud man. So are all the staff of Chakrey Health Center, which Pan Hean heads. The new health center opened three years ago with 10 patients a day coming for consultation. Now 30 patients come every day. Sitting in his consultation room, Hean smiles and says: “This health center [...]
Rith Roeung, 51-year-old mother of eight, sits beside her sick husband, Tuy Muy, 52, in Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital. He is lying on a bed with a stomach problem, battling nausea and vomiting. But Roeung manages a smile for the visiting World Bank team: “I am happy because I can bring my husband here for [...]
Following the death of a young mother during childbirth in O’Svay Commune, Thalaborivath District, Stung Treng Province in 2005, the Commune Committee for Women and Children (CCWC) has dedicated a vast amount of their limited time and resources to ensuring that pregnant women are receiving the support they need.