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 [...]

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 improvement [...]

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.