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First National Workshop on Antibiotic Resistance in Cambodia: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 16-18 November 2011 Universiteit Antwerpen
The First National Workshop on Antibiotic Resistance in Cambodia was organised by the Cambodian Ministry of Health with support from several national and international partner institutions. It brought together policy-makers, clinicians, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and other professionals dealing with the problems of bacterial infection and antibiotic resistance across the country. Antibiotic resistance data from starting up and ...
Scaling-up integrated type-2 diabetes and hypertension care in Cambodia Vrije Universiteit Brussel Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Antwerpen
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type-2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HTN) pose a massive burden on health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In Cambodia, to tackle this issue, the government and partners have introduced several limited interventions to ensure service availability. However, scaling-up these health system interventions is needed to ensure universal supply and access to NCDs care for ...
Evaluation of performance of diabetes care initiatives implemented in Cambodia Universiteit Antwerpen
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases accountable for almost one third of the total global deaths in 2021. Cambodia has also been severely affected by the T2D epidemic. The incurable nature of T2D, along with its chronicity and silent progression, requires the condition to be diagnosed as early as possible, and to be managed properly and promptly on a regular basis to prevent or delay complications. ...
Injections, cocktails and diviners: therapeutic flexibility in the context of malaria elimination and drug resistance in northeast Cambodia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Adherence to effective malaria medication is extremely important in the context of Cambodia's elimination targets and drug resistance containment. Although the public sector health facilities are accessible to the local ethnic minorities of Ratanakiri province (Northeast Cambodia), their illness itineraries often lead them to private pharmacies selling "cocktails" and artemether injections, or to local diviners prescribing animal ...
Toward a typology of health-related informal credit: an exploration of borrowing practices for paying for health care by the poor in Cambodia Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Borrowing money is a common strategy to cope with health care costs. The impact of borrowing on households can be severe, leading to indebtedness and further impoverishment. However, the available literature on borrowing practices for health is limited. We explore borrowing practices for paying for health care by the poor in Cambodia and provide a typology, associated conditions, and the extent of the phenomenon.
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Toward a typology of health-related informal credit: an exploration of borrowing practices for paying for health care by the poor in Cambodia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Borrowing money is a common strategy to cope with health care costs. The impact of borrowing on households can be severe, leading to indebtedness and further impoverishment. However, the available literature on borrowing practices for health is limited. We explore borrowing practices for paying for health care by the poor in Cambodia and provide a typology, associated conditions, and the extent of the phenomenon. METHODS: In addition ...
Psychological determinants of motorcycle helmet use among young adults in Cambodia Universiteit Hasselt
Cambodian accident statistics show that motivating motorcyclists to make proper use of a safety helmet is a top priority for road safety policy makers. Yet, currently there is no insight whatsoever in the psychological precursors of helmet use in Cambodia. As such, it remains unclear which variables to target by interventions aimed at promoting the use of safety helmets. Therefore, this study adopted a socio-cognitive perspective towards the ...
Enteric fever in Cambodia: A multi-disciplinary study KU Leuven
Enteric fever is a systemic infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi A. Humans are the only host and transmission occurs through food and water contaminated by stool from patients or chronic carriers. Most cases globally are caused by Salmonella Typhi. However, the proportion of Salmonella Paratyphi A infections has been increasing during the last 20 years for reasons that are yet unknown.As explained in Chapter ...
Determinants of the continuum of maternal health care in Cambodia Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
Introduction: Cambodia has achieved significant progress in maternal health, yet remains in the group of countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio in South-East Asia. Extra efforts are needed to improve maternal health through assessing the coverage of maternal health services as a continuum of care (CoC) and identifying the gaps. Our study aims to explore the coverage level of the Optimal CoC by (1) measuring the continuity of ...