SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
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The 2030 Agenda was developed to reflect that “the international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty (). However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets”. 1Although the number of people ...
Forest protection
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Deforestation has always been a problem in Cambodia since the 1970s, and it has aggravated inthe last DecaDe. Some protected areas have been Deforested. Between 2001 and 2018, Cambodia had lost 557,000 hectares (11.7%) of forest cover in protected areas.27 This loss has had an ...
Red Cross
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The Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) is the principal humanitarian society in Cambodia. The government has designated it as an auxiliary to public bodies offering humanitarian assistance. In addition to the national headquarters, the CRC has 25 branches.81 CRC was founded in 1955 and has worked ...
Pandemics
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Pandemics are disease epidemics that spread from person to person as a result of human-to-human transmission. Many medical texts do not define the term “pandemic”. However, some key characteristics of pandemics, including wide geographic spread, disease movement, novelty, severity, high attack rates and explosiveness, minimal ...
Women in development
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Dr. Tan Reasmey, researcher and lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. Photo taken from the USAID Asia on August 18, 2016. Licensed unDer CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Relevant national policy frameworksFrom the perspective of the government as ...
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
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Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.251 The goal encompasses a wiDe range of mortality rates, infection numbers for many diseases, tobacco use, suiciDe rates, road Deaths, and access to essential health services ...
Infrastructure
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A national road in Cambodia. Photo by Pat Scullion, taken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Infrastructure describes the built assets that allow a country to function, such as roads, railways, ports, airports, communication systems, electricity and drinking water distribution networks. The Ministry of ...