Reuters, Phnom Penh
Dengue fever has killed at least 102 Cambodian children this year in one of the worst outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease since 1998, the government and World Health Organisation said on Thursday.
More than 10,000 children have contracted the disease so far this year compared to 6,000 in the same period of 2005, said Ngan Chantha, director of the Health Ministry's national dengue programme.
In the impoverished Southeast Asian nation's last major outbreak in 1998, 424 children died out of 16,260 infected, he said.
After decades of civil war and the Khmer Rouge genocide, Cambodia's public health system remains rudimentary, with much of its funding coming from foreign aid.
More than 10,000 children have contracted the disease so far this year compared to 6,000 in the same period of 2005, said Ngan Chantha, director of the Health Ministry's national dengue programme.
In the impoverished Southeast Asian nation's last major outbreak in 1998, 424 children died out of 16,260 infected, he said.
After decades of civil war and the Khmer Rouge genocide, Cambodia's public health system remains rudimentary, with much of its funding coming from foreign aid.
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