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Stunting in children down 7 percent since 2010, survey finds
The number of children in the country who are stunted—leaving them physically smaller and mentally weaker than their properly nourished peers—dropped by 7 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a nationwide survey released Tuesday. ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stunting-in-children-down-7-percent-since-2010-survey-finds-79053/
Latrine numbers up
The number of Cambodian rural households with access to latrines increased from 23 to 33 per cent in 2013, a Ministry of Rural Development report released yesterday says. Chreay Pom, director of the ministry’s rural health care department, said that last year, the ministry constructed about ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/latrine-numbers
Clean water access ‘improves’
Cambodia is making steady headway towards its goal of providing universal clean-water access. “The 2013 population census shows that the percentage of people who now have clean water sources has climbed to 49 per cent. We will be able to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goal ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-access-%E2%80%98improves%E2%80%99