Health
US provided fund for HIV/AIDS prevention
The United States embassy to Cambodia Carol Rodley was presided over the launch of a $13.4 million program for the prevention and reduction of HIV/AIDS at a Takeo province last week. He said at the launch of program that the United States looks forward to continuing the support for community initiatives like these.
According [...]
Malaria cases up 30,000 in 2009
There were over 80,000 malaria cases resulting in 300 deaths in the Cambodia last year, compared with 50,000 cases and 200 deaths in 2008, the Phnom Penh Post quoted Dr. Duong Socheat, director of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) as saying.
The increase in the malaria cases was caused by the [...]
Found 10,000 ducks dead in Takeo
Agricultural authorities from Ministry of Agriculture were testing samples of 10,000 dead ducks raised in Koh Adeth district in Takeo province near the Vietnam border but they suspected that those ducks died from avian influenza.
Even though, authorities have yet to identify the cause of death. All ducks were sprayed with a chemical to kill viruses [...]
Unlicensed pharmacies to face shutdown
Phnom Pneh municipal governor, Kep Chutema, authorized all local officials to meet with owners of unlicensed pharmacies in Phnom Penh in order to demand them to apply for legitimate licesnce or if not they will face closure.
Ministry of Health issued announcement in January to all municipal and provincial health officials a deadline of February to [...]
Coronary artery disease to affect cambodia
Coronary artery disease results from a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western societies and has cause one out of every five deaths in the US since 2002.
Coronary artery disease is caused by build-up of fatty materiel called [...]
Illegal pharmacies to be closed
The Phnom Penh Post reported that nine illegal pharmacies will be faced with a closure because of refusal to stop selling fake medicines across the country. And 100 other unlicensed shops in Phnom Penh will be shut down.
Three-day seminar, funded by French embassy, between five Asian countries – Cambodia, China, Laos, Singapore, and Vietnam – [...]
155 unlicensed pharmacies in City
According to the report released Wednesday by the Phnom Penh Committee for Eliminating Fake Drugs and Illegal Health Care Service for the Reduction of Poverty, there are 155 illegal pharmacies opening in Phnom Penh, compared with 162 shops in the previous quarter.
“We are really concerned about illegal pharmacies because they negatively affect people’s health,” the [...]