Social development

Public health

HIV patients in Cambodia’s Roka commune too weak to work

Patients living with HIV/AIDS in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province have called on the government for help in supporting their families as they are too weak to work, some nine months after an outbreak of HIV in the region saw more than 270 residents test positive ...

Hum Chamreoun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hiv-09082015131559.html

Mass infection in pigs sparks fears

A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mass-infection-pigs-sparks-fears

‘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/

No link between past trauma and poverty: study

Thirty-five years later, the psychological wounds caused by the Khmer Rouge remain fresh. Witnesses still break down in tears while testifying at the Tribunal. But how has the psychological trauma of the Khmer Rouge years affected the survivors’ economic status? ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15422//

‘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/

Gov’t increases funding for children’s hospitals

Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital will receive an additional $2 million this year from the government purse, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-increases-funding-childrens-hospitals

Dengue fever kills 8 more

At least eight more people have died from dengue fever in less than a month, prompting health officials to warn people to be vigilant in preventing the disease. The total number of dengue infections has risen to nearly 7,000, up from around 2,000 last year, ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/dengue-fever-kills-8-more/2942374.html

Unlicensed clinics prove a tough issue to treat

Operating from a modest tin shack he shares with his wife and children near the Mekong River in Kandal province, 34-year-old Seurn Sokheang treats his neighbors for a wide range of ailments. ...

George Wright and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-clinics-prove-a-tough-issue-to-treat-93040/

Study finds mouth cancer rife

The Cambodian National Survey of Oral Muscoal Lesions, launched yesterday at the University of Puthisastra’s health faculty, found the prevalence of oral cancer and potentially malignant oral disorders among Cambodians was 5.6 per cent – about five times more than some other ASEAN countries. ...

Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/study-finds-mouth-cancer-rife

Tech designer hopes to create better data system for hospitals

Programmer Kong Divin recently returned from a trip to the US, where he won second place in a Microsoft Office context in Texas. He had entered the same competition last year, but did not win any prizes, though it gave him the drive to return. ...

Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/tech-designer-hopes-to-create-better-data-system-for-hospitals/2930672.html

Marketing tactics illegal: orgs

Despite implementing a ban on marketing for breast-milk substitutes (BMS) in an effort to boost natural breastfeeding, suppliers of baby formula continue to commit “flagrant violations” of the law by marketing their products illegally and claiming superior health benefits, a new report shows. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marketing-tactics-illegal-orgs

Rural health centers remain underfunded, under-prepared

Cambodia launched a health strategic plan in 2002, in an effort to improve services to areas that lack medical personnel and resources. But in many rural areas, there has been little progress, and even an awareness of basic hygiene and disease prevention remains considerably low. ...

Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rural-health-centers-remain-underfunded-under-prepared/2917998.html

Dengue fever deaths on rise for 2015

Dengue fever has killed at least 16 people so far this year, an uptick from the same period last year, health officials say. The deaths are the result of nearly 4,700 infections. ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/dengue-fever-deaths-on-rise-for-2015/2915151.html

Study finds high HIV rate among men having sex with men

The infection rate of HIV has fallen sharply in Cambodia over the last five years, new statistics show, though the rate for men who have sex with men in the sex industry remains high. ...

Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/study-finds-high-hiv-rate-among-men-having-sex-with-men/2915005.html

After two-year lull, dengue fever bites

The sidewalk near Wat Phnom resembles the line outside a popular amusement park. Toy sellers walk by hawking plastic helicopters and rattles, as a line of more than a hundred parents and children sit and wait for the gates to open, cooling themselves with plastic ...

Jonathan Cox and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14256/after-two-year-lull--dengue-fever-bites/

Officials meet to discuss HIV outbreak strategy

The first meeting to discuss a long-term strategy for dealing with last year’s freak outbreak of HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune was held at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh on Thursday, officials said. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-meet-to-discuss-hiv-outbreak-strategy-91112/

HIV/AIDS funding plummets, but risks remain

Foreign funding for HIV/AIDs programs took a sharp dive last year, as a lower rate of HIV infection among the general population led donors to declare victory over the disease. But the disease remains a threat, experts say. ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14096/hiv-aids-funding-plummets--but-risks-remain/

Mixed outcomes in HIV fight

While the rate of HIV infections has consistently plummeted among pregnant women, the number of homosexual, bisexual and transgender men with the disease has yet to be curbed by current intervention methods, according to findings revealed in a behavioural study on HIV prevalence, released yesterday. ...

Rebecca Moss and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-outcomes-hiv-fight

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

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