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Community, Education, Health System StrengtheningTraining and Empowering Local Healthcare Workers: Q&A with a Health Centre Chief
Khna Po is a rural health centre in Sotnikum Operational District, approximately 40km from AHC. For two years, AHC’s Health System Strengthening team has been providing support and training to staff at the Khna Po Health Centre. Tep Ratanak, a registered nurse, is Khna…
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AHC News, Community, Physiotherapy, Policy & GuidelinesAssessing Early Childhood Development in Cambodian Children
Over 200 million children worldwide under the age of five do not reach their full developmental potential, primarily as a result of poverty, poor health and nutrition, and inadequate care (WHO, 2011). Failure to detect developmental delays can have lifelong consequences for children. Early…
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Education, SurgeryEducating Cambodia’s First Paediatric Surgeons
The majority of children in Cambodia still cannot access safe and affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when they need it. This lack of even the most basic surgical services, such as bone setting, can lead to preventable deaths or chronic disabilities. Beyond treatment, opportunities…
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AHC News, NeonatalTriplets Admitted to AHC
Triplets account for approximately one in 1000 births worldwide. They are considered so exceptional in Cambodia that the government provides a $1,000 USD subsidy to the families of triplets. So when the newborn triplets Ponlok, Ponleak and Ponleu were admitted to the AHC Neonatal…
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Saving Babies' LivesAHC is Saving Babies’ Lives
At a remote health centre in northern Cambodia just below the Thai border, a small group of volunteer health workers gather. It’s a Village Health Support Group (VHSG), and it’s one of dozens that takes place across the province.
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AHC News, Community, EducationTeachers use AHC first aid training to save students’ lives
AHC’s community-based, holistic healthcare initiatives deliver health education, increase access to care, address rural health inequalities, and ultimately, improve health outcomes. We partner with local organisations to support the often under-resourced and uneducated rural communities of Cambodia. In the hospital, AHC provides health education…
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Education, Health System Strengthening, Neonatal, Saving Babies' LivesTraining the Trainers – The Next Step in Newborn Healthcare
Saving Babies Lives (SBL) is AHC’s flagship programme, charged with improving the neonatal mortality rate in one of the most rural Cambodia’s provinces, Preah Vihear. The SBL team have been on the ground in Preah Vihear for two years, having already trained hundreds of…
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AHC News, Education
សិក្ខាកាម៣រូបនៃកម្មវិធីអប់រំសុខភាព របស់មន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរ ជួយសង្គ្រោះបឋមកុមារ៤រូប
សិក្ខាកាមចំនួន៣រូបនៃកម្មវិធីអប់រំសុខភាព របស់មន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរ ជួយសង្គ្រោះបឋមកុមារ៤រូប
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Antibiotic Stewardship, COMRUAntibiotic Resistance – A Global Threat Affecting Children at AHC
Amara was unable to speak and could not support his own body weight when he first arrived at AHC’s Emergency Room, his grandmother carrying her two-year old grandson through AHC’s gates clearly distressed and worried about Amara’s health. The usually energetic boy had no…
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AHC News, Eventsផ្តើមចេញពីការព្យាបាលរបស់ក្មួយស្រីខ្ញុំកាលពី៧ឆ្នាំមុន
លោកនឹម ឈុន្នី ដែលជាស្ថាបនិកក្រុមហ៊ុនវិបស្សា គ្រូបង្ហាត់សមាធិ និងអ្នកនិពន្ធសៀវភៅ “ សមាធិដើម្បីថាមពលជីវិត” បានបញ្ចេញសារបង្ហោះនៅក្នុងទំព័រហ្វេសប៊ុករបស់លោកផ្ទាល់ លោកនឹងធ្វើការរត់ថ្មើរជើងចេញពីទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ មកកាន់ទឹកដីសៀមរាបក្នុងគោលបំណងផ្សព្វផ្សាយក៏ដូចជារៃអង្គាសថវិកាដល់មន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរ ឫមន្ទីរពេទ្យបេះដូង ដោយការរត់ថ្មើរជើងមានរយៈពេល ១០ថ្ងៃពេញ ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី១៥ ដល់២៥ ខែធ្នូ ២០១៩…
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Antibiotic StewardshipAn Integrated Approach to Combating Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics have revolutionised the medical world since their discovery the in 1920’s. Designed to prevent and treat bacterial infections, when used properly, they save lives. Antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon that occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria,…
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