Articles
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AHC News, COVID-19AHC’s Response: COVID-19 in Cambodia
Learn how child health in Cambodia may be impacted by COVID-19, the financial outlook, and how AHC is adapting..
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AHC DonorDonor Spotlight – គ្រឿងអលង្ការសប្បុរស និងសុខភាពកុមារ
លោកស្រី អ៊ឹមផាន វណ្ណឌី អគ្គនាយិកា ក្រុមហ៊ុនគ្រឿងអលង្ការ ជាង បាក់ វណ្ណ ហុង និងក្រុមគ្រួសារ ព្រមទាំងសហការី ខិតខំគ្រប់ មធ្យោបាយដូចជាការបង្កើតប្រអប់មូលនិធិសប្បុរសធម៌ និង កម្មវិធិគ្រឿងអលង្កការសប្បុរសធម៌ ដើម្បីអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យអតិថិជន និងដៃគូអាជីវកម្ម ឬ មិត្តភក្តិរបស់ខ្លួនបរិច្ចាគ កន្លងទៅថ្មីៗនេះបានលទ្ធផល យ៉ាងជោគជ័យ។
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Chronic Care, Eye, Oncology, SurgeryRetinoblastoma treatment for Cambodia’s most vulnerable
Four-year-old Kiri has been visiting AHC since July 2020 to receive retinoblastoma cancer treatment. He and his father Amara have visited the AHC oncology unit and eye clinic every month for surgery and multiple stages of chemotherapy in order to treat his cancer. Retinoblastoma…
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Antibiotic Stewardship, COMRU, ICU, Laboratory, SepsisMRSA: the superbug risking lives
One-month-old Samnang arrived at AHC with a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection that required intensive and specialised hospital treatment because of the infection’s resistance to several antibiotics, ultimately risking his life. MRSA is a gram-positive bacterium that can cause pneumonia and other serious infections.…
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Education, Health System Strengthening, Social Work, VolunteeringTackling child trauma through art and play
Deborah Byrne is a child art psychotherapist from Ireland who has been volunteering with the AHC social work unit for the past six months. She has been teaching the team techniques using art and play therapy to enhance a child’s sense of well-being and…
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Chronic Care, Education, Out-patient, Respiratory, VolunteeringTraining the next generation of Cambodian paediatric specialists
Dr Um Khemuoy is training to become Cambodia’s next generation of paediatric specialists, so children requiring respiratory treatment can access the care they need. In Cambodia, there are only two doctors for every 10,000 people (WHO, 2014). Only a fraction of these trained doctors…
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AHC News, Pressឥទ្ធិពលនៃឆ្នាំ២០២០ មិនអាចបញ្ឈប់បេសកកម្មរបស់មន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរ ក្នុងការធ្វើឱ្យប្រសើរឡើងនូវប្រព័ន្ធថែទាំសុខភាពរបស់ខ្លួនឡើយ
ឆ្នាំ២០២០ គឺជាពេលវេលាដ៏លំបាកមួយក្នុងប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ ដោយសារតែការរីករាលដាលនៃជំងឺកូវីដ១៩។ ទោះបីប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមិនបានទទួលរងឥទ្ធិពលធ្ងន់ធ្ងរពីជំងឺដ៏កាចសាហាវនេះ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែមានក្រុមហ៊ុនអាជីវកម្ម និងអង្គភាពជាច្រើន រួមទាំងមន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារអង្គរ នៅតែមានការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីផលប៉ះពាល់បន្ទាប់ពីមានការឆ្លងរាលដាលនៃជំងឺកូវីដ១៩នេះ មកលើសុខុមាលភាពកុមារកម្ពុជា។
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COVID-19, Health System Strengthening, Neonatal, Policy & Guidelines, Saving Babies' Lives, SepsisSetting the standard of newborn care
The AHC neonatal model sets the standard of newborn care in Cambodia, supporting the development and implementation of neonatal care throughout the Cambodian health system, challenging the notion that quality neonatal care is expensive, complicated and unattainable in a low-resource setting. Since the establishment…
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Community, COVID-19, Education, Health System Strengthening, Nursing, NutritionPreparing for 2021: Malnutrition in the Community
Malnutrition does not discriminate. Across communities, its incidence is also increasing. In AHC’s hospital wards, the nutrition team face the result of poor and uneducated families not feeding their children correctly. Throughout the villages surrounding Siem Reap, AHC’s community outreach team see the same.…
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COVID-19, In the Press, NutritionKhmer Times: Smart Axiata partners with AHC
“The looming malnourishment crisis can be treated and prevented and AHC’s work is of utmost importance in this regard,” Thomas Hundt, Chief Executive Officer of Smart Axiata, told Khmer Times. “Taking the necessary steps and measures will go a long way in preventing this…
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Community, COVID-19, In the Press, NutritionAHC and Smart Axiata partner to combat the COVID-19 child nutrition crisis
Siem Reap, Cambodia –Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) and Smart Axiata, Cambodia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator have partnered in the fight against the emerging child nutrition crisis in Cambodia. The Smart Axiata 1 Million USD COVID-19 Relief Fund enables AHC to treat children who…
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