Flu sample share scheme set

World Health Organisation member states have agreed to share influenza virus samples in a bid to combat potential pandemics, including the A(H5N1) influenza commonly known as bird flu.
The agreement follows the death of an 11-year-old girl from Kampong Cham province last month from respiratory complications resulting from bird flu.

MYANMAR: Anti-malarial drug resistance "hotspots" identified

 19 April 2011 (IRIN) - Health experts had barely finished one project to contain anti-malarial drug resistance along the Thai-Cambodia border when their attention was drawn to Myanmar, where early warning signs suggest a waning influence of the anti-malarial drug Artemisinin.
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Myanmar and a leading cause of deaths in children under five, says the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Japan-supported Cambodian villagers give back with disaster aid donation

Large amounts of financial and material aid have poured into Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ripped into the country's northeast, and while amidst such a huge volume a mere 80,000 yen may tend to go unnoticed, the donation from poor villagers in Cambodia, who have been helped by Japanese aid in the past, is worthy of special mention.

Q+A-What threat would a giant Mekong dam pose?

April 19 (Reuters) - Officials from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met on Tuesday to debate a plan to build a huge dam across the Mekong River, a project experts warn could trigger a food security crisis in the region.

JBC minutes withdrawn from Parliament

The House-Senate joint meeting on Tuesday agreed to withdraw the minutes of three meetings of the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) from Parliament's consideration.
The Parliament voted 240 to 12, while 86 abstained and nine parliamentarians did not vote, to withdraw the minutes from consideration.

Cambodia to reduce HIV/AIDS infection rate from mother to child to 5 pct by 2015

PHNOM PENH, Apr. 19, 2011 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Health set the target to reduce HIV/AIDs infection rate from mothers to children from the current 8 percent to 5 percent by 2015

Cluster Bombs Cloud Prospects for Peace

PHNOM PENH, Apr 19, 2011 (IPS) - Allegations that Thailand used controversial cluster munitions during recent border clashes with Cambodia have become the latest wedge driving tensions between the two neighbours.

Make a statement on Cambodia's 'passive genocide'

Representatives of more than 3,000 governments and donor organizations are meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday. If past experience is indicative, they will pledge to provide hundreds of millions in aid..

Cambodian ‘Vital Voice’ Urges More Women’s Rights

Cambodian parliamentarian and human rights leader Mu Sochua meets with US Secretary of Sate Hillary Clinton during a Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards event in Washington, DC on April 12, 2011.“All parliamentarians, especially those 90 members of the Cambodian People’s Party, should uphold the parliamentary power bestowed upon us. Don’t protect your party principles, because as politicians we serve the voters, not the party."

Environmental Activists Angered by Early Work on Lao Dam

environmentalists and scientists are angered by reports a Thai construction company has begun preliminary work at the site of a hydropower dam in northern Laos, before official go head has been given by Mekong River countries. The Vientiane-based Mekong River Commission is due to make an official announcement this week on the project amid strong resistance from environmentalists.