Saturday, June 21, 2008

A boost for Cambodia's health system

Saturday, June 21, 2008
ABC Radio Australia

The World Bank says it supports implementation of Cambodia's new Health Strategic Plan.

The plan aims to improve healthcare and preventive health with particular emphasis on women, children and the poor.

The bank's office in Phnom Penh says it will give Cambodia's government a 30 million US dollar credit to support the program from this year to 2015.

The other donors include, Australia, Britain, the U.N. and France.

Cambodias's secretary of state at the Ministry of Health, Eng Huot, says there have been improvements in the health of Cambodians over the past decade.

However, several challenges remain, including a high rate of women dying in childbirth, poor nutrition, high healthcare costs and the rise of non-infectious diseases.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes, healthcare, education and infrastructure advancement and developments are the prime three priority in cambodia because from here is good investment. that said, that doesn't mean there aren't any investment. somebody has got to do it as cambodia is a sovereigned country and it has gotten to develop somehow, whether one like it or not, the country cannot wait forever and the khmer people there are the only one to suffer the most hardship. so there! god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Healthcare in the kingdom of Cambodia?,Yes i am strongly agree.
Thank you !!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

No doubt about it.