Mixed bag of health: report

ថ្ងៃទី ៣១ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
ជំនួយ និងការអភិវឌ្ឍ / គោលនយោបាយអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ និងការគ្រប់គ្រង / សុខភាពមាតា និងទារក / សុខភាពផ្លូវចិត្ត និងសេវាសង្គម / ប្រជាជន និងជំរឿន / បញ្ហាសុខភាពជាអាទិភាព / សុខភាពសាធារណៈ / ការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គម / សន្តិសុខសង្គម និងអតីតយុទ្ធជន
2015 Millennium Development Goal / World Population Report

Cambodia is making headway on its 2015 Millennium Development Goal to improve maternal health and is ahead of its target to reduce its under-five child mortality rate, but it still lags behind neighbouring countries, the 2013 State of the World Population Report has revealed. Released yesterday, the report shows that Cambodia has already exceeded its 2015 goal of reducing under-five child mortality from 124 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1998 to 65. The number dropped to 51 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2010, but is still much higher than neighbours Vietnam (20) and Thailand (12). Maternal mortality in Cambodia still remains high at 250 deaths per 100,000 live births, or almost twice the 140 MDG target, and almost four times higher than Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. …

 Amelia Woodside and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-bag-health-report