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Hygiene for all in Cambodia
UNICEF works to make sure every single home, school and health centre has basic sanitation and hygiene facilities. For every single child. Everywhere.
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Cambodia, China and UNICEF Partner to Strengthen Education, Health and Hygiene for Cambodia’s Most Vulnerable Children
PHNOM PENH, 5 March 2025 –, The Royal Government of Cambodia, the Government of China and UNICEF are partnering to improve quality inclusive education, health, nutrition and hygiene for Cambodia’s most vulnerable children. The support aims to fill critical gaps in the quality and accessibility of essential service...
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UNICEF Revamps Hygiene for Remote Ethnic Minority Students
Kratie Province, Cambodia –, For 13-year-old Pheaktra Vuth, getting to Srer Chhouk Primary School every day is an adventure. She crosses streams and braves heavy monsoon rains, often relying on a canoe to reach the only school in the district. Recently, life at Srer Chhouk has improved significantly, thanks to UNI...
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The National Public Financing Plan for Water Supply in Rural Areas of Cambodia
The National Public Financing Plan for Water Supply in Rural Areas of Cambodia, developed in collaboration with UNICEF, the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), and the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI), outlines the country's strategy to finance the achievement of SDG 6.1 targets. ...
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Children’s Climate Risk Index for Cambodia
Children’s Climate Risk Index for Cambodia provides the first comprehensive analysis of climate and environmental risks from a child’s perspective at the commune level. By focusing on the subnational level, it reveals a highly heterogeneous and disparate picture of children’s exposure and vulnerabilities to climat...
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Cambodia Launches the First Children’s Climate Risk Index and Signs UNICEF’s Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
PHNOM PENH – 14 January 2025, – Today, the Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with UNICEF Cambodia, proudly launched the first ever Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) for Cambodia. The event also marked the signing of UNICEF’s Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate action, underscoring a collective co...
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UNICEF's Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
Cambodia signed UNICEF's Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action, positioning the country itself as a leader in ASEAN for child-centered-climate policies. This commitment includes empowering the youth to lead sustainability initiatives actively in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
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The climate-changed child: The Children’s Climate Risk Index for Cambodia
The climate and environmental crisis is not just changing the planet – it is changing children. From the moment of conception until they grow into adulthood, the health and development of children’s brains, lungs, immune systems, and other critical functions are affected by the environment they grow up in. Childre...
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Sanitation Finance Strategy for Cambodia
The Sanitation Finance Strategy details the essential options and measures that the Kingdom of Cambodia must implement to secure the financing needed to achieve its SDG 6.2 targets by 2030. The total cost of meeting these national sanitation goals is estimated at USD 935 million annually. Current financing, primar...
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Children's Environmental Health Assessment Report of Cambodia
Environmental health risks to children in Cambodia are a growing concern, as recent estimates and global reports have indicated. These risks include exposure to lead and mercury and household air pollution. Cambodia is among the countries with high environmental risk factors, being in the top 5 countries in East A...
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Newborns in rural Cambodia given chance to breathe
August 2024, Takeo, – In a newborn care unit, tiny breaths matter, and every second counts. When newborns struggle to breathe on their own, getting them the oxygen they need in time can mean the difference between life and death. Until last month, Kirivong Referral Hospital in rural Takeo province, which sits on ...
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Life-saving care for Cambodia’s tiniest patients
11 July 2024, Kratie, – Newborn Nika wails sharply as a nurse skillfully punctures her tiny heel at Snoul Referral Hospital in Cambodia's eastern Kratie Province. A single drop of blood, no larger than a pinhead, holds the key to determining potential signs of jaundice, a common condition that turns newborns' skin...
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Climate Change in Cambodia: Reflections from Siem Reap
Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships visit in Cambodia This week I visited Cambodia, and it could not have come at a ‘hotter’ time, in the most literal sense of the word, because the temperatures in Siem Reap was almost 7°C above average. As I was leaving, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology recorded the highest temperatures since…