Tag: Pandemic

A member of a health organization provide consultation to TB patients in the Loeuk Dek district of Kandal province, July 20, 2021. Photo supplied.

Experts put drop in recorded TB cases down to pandemic

24 Mar 2022 2:13 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

The number of people who were treated for tuberculosis in 2021 decreased 26 percent compared to the previous year, according to the National Center for…

Health officials interview returned Cambodian migrant workers in August 2021. Supplied

Over 300 Cambodian migrant workers returned from Thailand during pandemic positive for tuberculosis

26 Jan 2022 12:54 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

From January 2020 to November 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) screened 15,034 migrant workers in Cambodia for tuberculosis. It found that only 1,519…

Garment workers converging for their lunch in front of a factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 14, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Garment workers struggle to repay debt as pandemic continues to dampen sector

15 Jan 2022 11:55 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Roeung Chanthy, a 41-year-old worker at the Yida garment factory in Kandal province's Kien Svay district, is struggling to repay a debt of more than…

A pregnant woman leaves a clinic after medical check up in Phnom Penh, July 21, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

Amid pandemic, some pregnant women struggle to get adequate care

20 Aug 2021 10:13 AM|
Chea Sokny|

With coronavirus cases continuing to spread in Cambodia, some pregnant women say they are concerned about whether they will be able to give birth safely…

A man walks in font of the Myanmar Embassy in Phnom Penh, August 17, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Cambodia donates to Myanmar’s military junta to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

17 Aug 2021 9:07 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

The Cambodian government said it will donate $200,000 along with medical equipment to Myanmar’s military junta to aid efforts to contain the pandemic.