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V0LUME 9 ISSUE 2 (February 2010)

 

The Newsletter for Health Organizations in Cambodia

Content

Focus On

  • Potential Impact and Burden on the Poor and Vulnerable

Health News

  • US cancer rate declines dramatically: CDC Says

World News

  • News Digest UNAIDS commends commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advancing vaccine research and development

New Documents in the Library

  • Documents in February 2010

Government News

  • Minutes of The Technical Working Group for Health Meeting (TWGH), Feb 11, 2010

Agency News

  • SMARTgirl Program: Reducing Risk and Promoting Behavior Change Among Female EWs

4Ms Topic Report

  • Minutes of 4Ms, February 18, 2010
       

The other Issues of MEDiNEWS:

Volume 9 Issue 2
February 2010 (24)
Volume 9 Issue 2
Volume 9 Issue 1
January 2010 (48)
Volume 9 Issue 1
Volume 8 Issue 12
December 2009 (15)
Volume 8 Issue 12
Volume 8 Issue 11
November 2009 (15)
Volume 8 Issue 11
Volume 8 Issue 10
October 2009 (8)
Volume 8 Issue 10
....More

What is MEDiNEWS?

MEDiNEWS is the primary mechanism for information exchange for MEDiCAM within Cambodia. MEDiNEWS is published monthly and contains articles dealing with the current issues in the Cambodian health system and facing the country's health sector. The magazine's target audience includes health professionals, development partners, policy makers and health managers throughout the country; it is not designed for the general population.

The 'focus on' section covers the current hot topics for heath sector development. Also included are donor and agency news, regional events, health issues and government events. We publish the minutes of the Technical Working Group for Health and also include all the latest health documents released in Cambodia. We continue to encourage members and partners to submit articles for the magazine and have included a variety of partner and member pieces in 2007.

Focus On topics in 2007 included: Tobacco Deaths in Cambodia, Traffic Accidents and Road deaths in Cambodia, Counterfeit and substandard medicines are killers, MEDiCAM position paper, HIV prevalence still high among Most At Risk Population, Hospitals overwhelmed with Dengue Hemorrhagic fever patients, TB/HIV collaboration activities in rural Cambodia, Poor Hygiene and sanitation affecting poor communities, NGOs experiences in responding to the Dengue outbreak, The international health compact.

The readership of MEDiNEWs continues to cover a cross section of the Cambodian health sector, in 2007 it was distributed to 124 fully paid members, 69 in the ministry of health, 18 to other ministries (such as MoEYS, MoWA etc), 70 to PNCB project in the regional offices, 91 to PHDs, 6 others to JICA, Japan Embassy, Open forum of Cambodia, radio free Asia and CCC, 30 copies are for staff and the library at MEDiCAM.

 

The issues in 2008

The issues in 2007

The issues in 2006