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Traditional birth attendants watch over mothers in Cambodia
The remote village of Sre Veal Koet, Cambodia, lies at the end of a dusty road 36 kilometers (approx. 22 miles) from the nearest health center. The road isn’t always dusty; in the rainy season, it becomes deep mud. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317974/traditional-birth-attendants-watch-over-mothers-in-cambodia/
S Treng health centre opens to serve remote community
Santepheap Health Centre, located in a remote and forested area in Stung Treng province, will contribute to the reduction of maternal and child mortality in the region, while providing access to primary health care for almost 20,000 people, according to Plan International Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-treng-health-centre-opens-serve-remote-community
Japan offers $310M in grants, loans to boost development
Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-offers-310m-grants-loans-boost-development
Public services get $7.67 million boost through World Bank grant
The World Bank has approved two complementary grants totalling $7.67 million to support social accountability in key public services such as health centres, primary schools, and local administrations in 10 provinces in Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-services-get-767-million-boost-through-world-bank-grant
Linking villagers to health services
On the day 55-year-old Leangkim Theng was selected as a village health volunteer, she was not sure she could do it. The work required her to educate women on maternal and newborn health in Serei Sokha village of Kratie province. While she did not feel she ...
Khmer Time Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29910/linking-villagers-to-health-services/