Women’s health gets $14m boost

10 December 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Government / Health care policy and administration / Maternal and child health / Ministry of Health / Priority health concerns / Public health / Social development
AusAid / Care Cambodia / Eng Huot / Heidi Brown / Marie Stopes / Partnering to Save Lives campaign / Save the Children / Stefanie Wallach

Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care.

During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save the Children aim to expand reproductive, maternal and neonatal care. …

Cambodia has among the worst maternal mortality rates in the region. At 250 women dying per 100,000 live births according to the 2013 State of the World Report, the number is nearly double the Kingdom’s 2015 Millennium Development Goal. …

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