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Fighting AIDS in Cambodia
- A Video  Special Presentation -
 Cambodia,
a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Asia, is showing
encouraging progress in the fight against the spread of the virus. The
number of new infections has gone from 100 a day in 1997 to 20 in 2004.
In explaining the sustained decrease in prevalence rates from over 4%
to 2.4%, UNAIDS attributed the drop to political commitment, a
strong response from civil society and a wide range of activities by the
Ministry of Health, including a 100% condom use program.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has approved US$
25 million over two years and US$ 67 million over five years
to help scale up successful prevention, care and treatment programs implemented
by government and civil society. Among the most successful are prevention
activities aimed at high risk groups, including military
personnel in port cities like Sihanoukville and sex workers
in Phnom Penh, as well as marginalized minority groups
in far-flung provinces like north-eastern Rattanakiri.
A Global Fund team visited some of these projects and this is what they saw …
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Pharmaciens
Sans Frontières (PSF) and Sex Workers in Phnom Penh
PSF is a French NGO which is running prevention and treatment programs
for sex workers in Phnom Penh. It has gained enough trust in the neighborhoods
where sex workers trade that brothel owners allow their employees
to take time off to go to the center. Find out how… |
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Police and military personnel in Sihanoukville
In many countries, due to frequent moves and long stays away from
home, police and military personnel are at high risk for the transmission
of HIV/AIDS. The Cambodian Red Cross is targeting this segment of
the population with their HIV/AIDS workshops. Find out how their peer
educators are trained… |
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A Cambodian orphan: testimony of granddaughter and
grandmother
Eight-year old Nita lost both her parents to AIDS but blames her father
for introducing the virus into the family. Her grandmother blames
herself for forcing her daughter to marry a man she did not want to
marry. Meet this small family as they speak about their loss through
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Partners in Compassion
Just a step away from a Buddhist temple, Partners in Compassion runs
a hospice for people dying of AIDS. Wayne Matteis, a priest who works
with the NGO, said most people land up in the center after being driven
out of their homes by relatives. He told us some of their stories…
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Mobile Video Unit in Rattanakiri Province
Population Services International (PSI), an NGO specializing in the
social marketing of health goods, has found a way to spread HIV/AIDS
messages to groups which are often left out of the loop of mainstream
media messages. In the remote province of Rattanakiri, PSI set up
a projector and screen to promote condoms and raise awareness about
the disease. Join the night-time viewing… |
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