Khmer News in Cambodia

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 [...]

Charya, 21 years old, in a light blue dress and with her face carefully made up, presses the palms of her hands together in the graceful, prayer-like sampeah gesture to greet the customer entering the beer garden where she works, then leads him to a table.
Charya has been a client-greeter for just one month. She [...]

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.