Srey Chhiep, left, feeds milk to her nine-month baby girl, who is HIV positive, at Opot Health Care Center sponsored by Partners in Compassion Cambodia (PCC),a non-governmental organization, at Takeo province some 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 23, 2007. Chhiep, is HIV negative and the baby contracted the disease through her father who has since died, said PCC co-founder, Wayne Dale Matthysse. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)June 29, 2007
Cambodia gained 70,000 AIDS-infected people in 2006, which decreased by half from the figure in 2003, a senior health official said on Thursday.
Cambodia is very proud of this result, said Mom Bun Heng, secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, while addressing an AIDS seminar in Phnom Penh.
The Cambodian government could now provide the delaying-life medicine for 20,000 AIDS-infected people, including 2,000 children, he said.
The government's budget for AIDS prevention in 2007 stands two times higher than 2006, while the disease is spreading from urban areas to rural areas.
Cambodia is one of the worst-hit countries in the region in the field of AIDS spread. In 1997, its infection rate ran at 3.3 percent of its population.
Source: Xinhua
Cambodia is very proud of this result, said Mom Bun Heng, secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, while addressing an AIDS seminar in Phnom Penh.
The Cambodian government could now provide the delaying-life medicine for 20,000 AIDS-infected people, including 2,000 children, he said.
The government's budget for AIDS prevention in 2007 stands two times higher than 2006, while the disease is spreading from urban areas to rural areas.
Cambodia is one of the worst-hit countries in the region in the field of AIDS spread. In 1997, its infection rate ran at 3.3 percent of its population.
Source: Xinhua
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