Public health
Development assistance for health sector
Disease control gets tech injection
An international health NGO has launched a new “crowd-sourcing” surveillance system to be used by the government in monitoring infectious diseases. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-control-gets-tech-injection
Mobile HIV testing targets riverside revelers
Following two strenuous days of races at the Water Festival this week, boatman Sgnoun Chai celebrated its conclusion on Wednesday with a night on the town. ...
Buth Kimsay and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mobile-hiv-testing-targets-riverside-revelers-101354/
Gov’t to crack down on surrogacy clinics
Fleeing strict new laws at home, surrogacy companies are moving their “wombs for rent” services from Thailand to Cambodia, causing some analysts to raise concerns that would-be parents could be swindled by the little-regulated industry. ...
Chea Takihiro and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17745/gov---t-to-crack-down-on-surrogacy-clinics/
No more sleeping on the floor for new mums
Kantha Bopha Jayavarman VII hospital here sees about 75 new babies born every night – not quite the falling birth rate it had been expecting just two years ago. ...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17025/no-more-sleeping-on-the-floor-for-new-mums/
Dengue cases rising in Siem Reap
Dengue fever has killed 24 people so far this year, most of them children. As dengue fever cases continue to rise in Siem Reap province, the statistics seem scary. Death by dengue, however, is most often due to complications stemming from multiple infections coupled with ...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15953/dengue-cases-rising-in-siem-reap/
Pneumonia tests tested
A new campaign has been launched in Cambodia to identify the most effective tools available for diagnosing pneumonia, a condition that represents the country’s single-biggest killer of children under 5 years old. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pneumonia-tests-tested
GMOs: cheaper food and higher farm incomes for Cambodia?
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cambodia’s agriculture industry contributes 37 percent of GDP, and employs 67 percent of the workforce, with 75 percent of cultivated land dedicated to growing rice. ...
Gabrielle Ward and John Humphreys
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15487/gmos--cheaper-food-and-higher-farm-incomes-for-cambodia-/
‘Blue-ear disease’ kills more than 1,000 pigs in Siem Reap
An outbreak of “blue-ear pig disease” has killed more than 1,000 pigs and caused nearly 3,000 to fall ill in two districts in Siem Reap province, officials said Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blue-ear-disease-kills-more-than-1000-pigs-in-siem-reap-93558/
Iv drips still the treatment of choice in Kratie
It used to be a common sight in Phnom Penh – a child wandering on a street with a needle in his hand, followed by a parent holding a bag of IV fluid. ...
Aisha Down and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13961/iv-drips-still-the-treatment-of-choice-in-kratie/
New law on juvenile justice provides for rehabilitation
The Ministry of Social Affairs has completed drafting a law on juvenile justice that will soon be moved forward for approval and debate at the legislature. The new law, as drafted, aims to provide rehabilitation opportunities for juveniles, rather than simple prison sentences, and meets ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-law-on-juvenile-justice-provides-for-rehabilitation/2889738.html
Mobile voice messages a hit with new moms
Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. ...
Srey Kumneth and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13850/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/
Dengue cases flying under the radar
Dengue fever can kill. But like the mosquitoes that carry the disease, the number of cases of dengue each year can be difficult to count. One thing is certain: the number of cases in Cambodia goes massively underreported every year. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13844/dengue-cases-flying-under-the-radar/
Efforts to stop deeply rooted postnatal practices ramp up
“Roasting”—a Cambodian tradition that sees new mothers lie on beds over a fire for several days in the belief it will scare off evil spirits and warm the body after giving birth—is one of many dangerous but deeply rooted practices that midwives and health practitioners ...
Maria Paula Brito and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/efforts-to-stop-deeply-rooted-postnatal-practices-ramp-up-86617/
New campaign against infant mortality
Every day, 35 Cambodian children die before their fifth birthday. Their premature deaths are caused mainly by such preventable and treatable diseases as diarrhea or pneumonia. ...
Marina Shafik
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12131/new-campaign-against-infant-mortality/
Three new Czech-funded takeo health centers
The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand has accused the country’s Khon Kaen Sugar of “serious human rights violations” at its two Cambodian plantations in a new report that urges the firm to return the land to the hundreds of families forced off their farms—some ...
Zsombor Peter and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-rights-body-censures-firm-over-koh-kong-sugar-plantations-84968/
Four charged over unlicensed medical clinics in Battambang
Three Chinese men and a Cambodian were charged Friday by the Battambang Provincial Court for operating unlicensed medical facilities and supplying spoiled or fake drugs, a court official said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-charged-over-unlicensed-medical-clinics-in-battambang-84647/