Social development
Public health
Prayut vows full cooperation with Asean over Mers
Thailand will give its full cooperation to ASEAN nations to prevent the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in the region, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday. ...
Patsara Jikkham and Paritta Wangkiat
http://bit.ly/1LDOYXA
Gov’t relies on thermal scans to prevent spread of MERS
In an effort to demonstrate government measures to prevent the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome from entering Cambodia—days after the disease was found in Thailand—the health minister showcased machines that detect people’s body temperature at Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-relies-on-thermal-scans-to-prevent-spread-of-mers-86331/
As MERS spreads, gov’t says it’s prepared
Following the first case of the potentially deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome being confirmed in Thailand on Thursday, government officials in Cambodia said entry points into the country were already equipped to prevent the disease from spreading here. ...
Maria Paula Brito and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-mers-spreads-govt-says-its-prepared-86039/
Thailand placed under nationwide MERS alert
The Public Health Ministry has put Thailand on a nationwide alert for MERS after one foreigner tested positive for the virus at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, with various measures being implemented to ensure it does not spread. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/thailand-placed-under-nationwide-mers-alert-8698
Cambodia on alert after MERS found in Thailand
Cambodian health authorities are on high alert, following the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in Thailand, Thursday. Diagnosis systems have been installed at major border checkpoints and at the airports of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-on-alert-after-mers-found-in-thailand/2829181.html
Man who sold clinic license faces 10 years’ imprisonment
A Cambodian man who sold his license to operate a medical clinic in Stung Treng City faces up to 10 years in prison after a woman died following an abortion conducted illegally on the premises, a court official said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-who-sold-clinic-license-faces-10-years-imprisonment-85889/
Official arrested for botched op
The director of the Stung Treng Provincial Health Department and owner of the Stung Treng Sekong Clinic was arrested and sent to court yesterday after a doctor under his charge performed a botched abortion that resulted in a woman’s death. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-arrested-botched-op
Over 3,000 illegal doctors in country: Ministry
A Health Ministry official said Thursday that an investigation in the wake of a devastating HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka commune late last year had revealed more than 3,000 unlicensed doctors operating across the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-3000-illegal-doctors-in-country-ministry-85893/
Resident of HIV village dies at 76
Another HIV-positive resident of Battambang province’s Roka commune passed away this week, marking the latest fatality in a locale where hundreds have been infected with the virus. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/resident-hiv-village-dies-76
Only 4 out of 1,000 people donate blood in Cambodia
Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng on Sunday called for more blood donations since the Southeast Asian country saw only 4 out of 1,000 people donate their blood. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=287489
Dengue fever cases up 63 pct in Cambodia in first 5 months
Cambodia has seen 957 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2015, a 63 percent rise compared with 586 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Gy17NH
HIV village demands access to healthcare
Members of a community in Battambang where an unlicensed doctor allegedly infected more than 200 people with HIV earlier this year have demanded free general healthcare, a provision usually reserved only for the country’s most poor. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiv-village-demands-access-healthcare
Countries step up response
The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea has sparked international alarm, and about 25,000 people have cancelled trips to the country between June 5 and 7, the Korean Tourism Organisation said. ...
Today News Staff
http://bit.ly/1G8OV4h
Unlicensed blood-test clinic shuttered in SR
A blood-testing lab in Siem Riep was closed down yesterday morning after it was discovered to be operating without a licence. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unlicensed-blood-test-clinic-shuttered-sr
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/
Migrants warned of MERS risks
In the wake of 35 documented cases – including two deaths – of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea, Cambodian Ministry of Health officials are warning Cambodian migrant workers there about the risk. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-warned-mers-risks
Company sells lucky iron fish, claims it reduced iron deficiency in Cambodia
Iron deficiency affects nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide. It is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. In Cambodia, after 9 months of using the Lucky Iron Fish every day, researchers saw a 50 percent decrease in the incidence of clinical iron deficiency anemia, ...
Click2Houston.com News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Fy5seT
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/
Two more test positive for HIV in Roka commune
Two more people have tested positive for HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune this month, bringing the total number infected to 272 since an outbreak of the virus was first detected in December, a health official said Wednesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-more-test-positive-for-hiv-in-roka-commune-82447/
Children’s faeces just as toxic, report says
A recently released study on hygiene in Cambodia has found that a lack of understanding of the dangers of handling child faeces is causing serious health problems. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/childrens-faeces-just-toxic-report-says
Study finds substandard malaria drugs, but no fakes
A new report suggests counterfeit anti-malarial drugs are far less prevalent in Cambodia than previously thought, but almost a third of the legitimate medicines are of substandard quality. According to the study, published on Monday by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, none of ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/study-finds-substandard-malaria-drugs-no-fakes
Mental health plan risky: experts
Earlier this year, a mob in Takeo province beat a mentally ill man to death, then dragged his body into the rice paddies and set it on fire. The 27-year-old was suspected of robbery. This week, Takeo Governor Lay Vannak launched a campaign to combat future ...
Rebecca Moss and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mental-health-plan-risky-experts
In Cambodia, funding cuts put eye surgery program in peril
Some 100,000 prospective patients could lose opportunity for eye care due to Australia scaling back its foreign aid budget. But as Fred Hollows and other Australian NGOs brace themselves for the cuts, the Australian government is forging ahead with a $40 million scheme to relocate ...
UCA News Staff
http://bit.ly/1yR7nif