Cambodia in 2013

Tuberculosis case-finding in Cambodia: analysis of case notification data, 2000 to 2013.

The routine tuberculosis (TB) surveillance system in Cambodia has been strengthened under the National TB Programme (NTP). This paper provides an overview of the TB surveillance data for Cambodia at the national level for the period 2000 to 2013 and at the subnational level for 2013. The proportion of the total population that were screened for TB rose from 0.4% in 2001 to 1.1% in 2013, while t...

Genomic analysis of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A during an outbreak in Cambodia, 2013–2015

In 2013, an unusual increase in the number of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A (Salmonella Paratyphi A) infections was reported in patients in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in European, American and Japanese travellers returning from Cambodia. Epidemiological investigations did not identify a common source of exposure. To analyse the population structure and genetic diversity of these Salmo...

Reconciliation in Cambodia.

Sir, We wish to add to two dimensions of the article “Reconciliation in Cambodia” by Bockers et al. in the most recent issue of TORTURE. The article itself in fact divides into two dimensions. There is a general discussion of the definition of reconciliation and approaches to promoting it. Then there is a focus on reconciliation and its methods in Cambodia. As regards the general description of...

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Rabies Situation in Cambodia

BACKGROUND Rabies, a fatal but preventable zoonosis, is a major public health problem in developing countries. In Cambodia the disease burden is largely underestimated because patients with encephalitis following dog bites are rarely hospitalized and die at home. Since 1998 Institut Pasteur in Cambodia (IPC), Phnom Penh has been the only source of free post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and post-m...