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V0LUME 10 ISSUE 7 (July 2011)

 

The Newsletter for Health Organizations in Cambodia

Content

Focus On

  • Opinion: Health Care Financing in Cambodia

Inernationa Health Partnership-IHP

  • We Need Measurable Outcomes From the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs

Government News

  • Minutes of the TWGH, June 9, 2011

Health News

  • WHO urges more countries to require large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging

World News

  • Three more African countries introduce vaccines against major childhood killer

4Ms Topic Report

  • 4Ms Report, July 22, 2011

Hot News

  • As World Population Rises, The World Bank Redoubles Efforts on Reproductive Health

Global Fund News

  • Principal Recipient for PNG Grants Resigns
  • Treatment Action Campaign Recovers Global Fund Money Stolen by Employee

Monthly News Digest

  • New UNAIDS report shows HIV epidemic at critical juncture in Asia-Pacific region
       

The other Issues of MEDiNEWS:

Volume 10 Issue 7
July 2011 (35)
Volume 10 Issue 7
Volume 10 Issue 6
June 2011 (15)
Volume 10 Issue 6
Volume 10 Issue 5
May 2011 (26)
Volume 10 Issue 5
Volume 10 Issue 4
April 2011 (30)
Volume 10 Issue 4
Volume 10 Issue 3
March 2011 (28)
Volume 10 Issue 3
....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