Cambodia has about 76,000 people living with HIV
A senior official of the National AIDS Authority said that there are about 76,000 people living with HIV in Cambodia, a worrying increase that requires people to be more vigilant and pay attention to their health. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501315088/cambodia-has-about-76000-people-living-with-hiv/
Chinese support needed in Cambodia to boost Traditional Chinese Medicine
Officials from the Cambodian Ministry Of Health joined a recent Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) conference in Nanning, Guangxi province, China, intending to bolster the training and production Of traditional medicine in collaboration with Chinese institutions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416586/chinese-support-needed-in-cambodia-to-boost-traditional-chinese-medicine/
Sex workers risk their lives with home abortions, study finds
Fear of social reprisal may be causing Phnom Penh’s sex workers to seek abortions in the privacy of unregistered private clinics or at home. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14218/sex-workers-risk-their-lives-with-home-abortions--study-finds/
ASEAN plans to establish disease prevention centres in three countries
ASEAN plans to set up disease prevention centres in Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), announced the establishment of centres to respond to future epidemics and infectious diseases. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501398040/asean-plans-to-establish-disease-prevention-centres-in-three-countries/
Agriculture to be a key pillar for economy
NBC’s Director-General has said that agriculture could potentially contribute to Cambodia’s economic growth as the workforce in the sector continues to increase while productivity remains high. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715090/agriculture-to-be-a-key-pillar-for-economy/
Commerce ministry makes $82M
The Ministry of Commerce generated more than $82 million this year in customs and public services, according to the ministry’s annual report. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-makes-82m
New Clinic Marks Turning Point for Correcting Cleft Surgeries
In a bustling room at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, doctors from the Philippines, the U.S. and Nigeria gathered Sunday around a young boy, sitting in a plastic chair, and asked him to open his mouth wide. The boy is one of more than 100 ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-clinic-marks-turning-point-for-correcting-cleft-surgeries-55256/
Another mass fainting, but H&M 'not to blame'
The second mass fainting in a month at Kampong Chhnang’s M&V garment factory, a supplier for global retailer H&M, saw 23 women taken to hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of affected workers in August to 67. Noun Sam Ol, president of the Free Trade Union ...
Factory sequestering unionists from others
Eight union representatives at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town say they are being illegally detained by security guards in a separate room at work each day after leading recent protests. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-sequestering-unionists-others
Tuol Kork residents receive free check-ups, treatments
The Ministry of Health – in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) – organised a one-day event on May 9 to provide free general Health check-ups, examinations and treatment services to people living in the capital’s Tuol Kork district. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tuol-kork-residents-receive-free-check-ups-treatments
Ministry, WHO warn of Omicron variant
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia warned that the two newly-flagged variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – formally known as B.1.640 and B.1.1.529 (Omicron) could possibly reach Cambodia soon. The Ministry of Health has also urged public vigilance ahead of ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-who-warn-omicron-variant
Ministry of Health issues series of precautions for the holidays
The Ministry of Health has issued a statement advising the public to take precautions against rice wine and food poisoning, as well as H5N1 “bird flu” virus, during the upcoming Chinese and Khmer New Years. Released on Thursday and obtained by The Post on Sunday, ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-health-issues-series-precautions-holidays
Government committed to meeting global goal to empower women
The government yesterday expressed its commitment to reduce gender-based violence, eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and provide effective reproductive health services in line with the action plan of the International Conference on Population and Development. The commitment was made during the National ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651593/government-committed-to-meeting-global-goal-to-empower-women/
WHO warns of Omicron overload as Cambodia’s cases increase to 33 since December 14
The WHO warned Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as China and Germany brought back tough restrictions to stamp out new infection surges and Cambodia’s Omicron infections jumped to ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996924/who-warns-of-omicron-overload-as-cambodias-cases-increase-to-33-since-december-14/
The 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh
On 12 January 2022, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued the notification on the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the leaders, civil servants and staffs, 14 Khan Administration, 105 Sangkat Administration Departments, special units, frontline health workers, the private sector and the people in ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Strong capital, liquidity in financial services
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has affirmed that commercial banking and finances have strong capital and liquidity although Novel Coronavirus outbreak is hitting the country’s economy. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708404/strong-capital-liquidity-in-financial-services/
Cambodia’s exports earn $13 billion in January-July period
Cambodia exported $13.525 billion worth of goods to international markets in the January-July period of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 2 percent, a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise showed on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341450/cambodias-exports-earn-13-billion-in-january-july-period/
Cambodia imports oil, and gas products worth $2.28 billion in the first eight months of the year
Cambodia’s imports of oil and gas products totaled $2.28 billion during the January-August period this year, down 9.5 percent from last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501362703/cambodia-imports-oil-and-gas-products-worth-2-28-billion-in-the-first-eight-months-of-the-year/
Teenage Pregnancy Rate Stays Constant Over Past Decade
Teenage pregnancies are hindering Cambodia’s development as young mothers are unlikely to finish school and therefore lack job opportunities, government and U.N. officials said at the launch of a global report on adolescent pregnancies on Wednesday. “The Ministry of Women’s Affairs acknowledges that adolescent pregnancies have ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teenage-pregnancy-rate-stays-constant-over-past-decade-46402/
Help for the elderly extended
The government has approved a second phase of a pilot project in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces that will this time see professional caregivers rather than volunteers visit the homes of the elderly to assist with domestic work, hygiene needs and general companionship. “Families are the ...
Amelia Woodside and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/help-elderly-extended