"3 by 5" Country Success Stories

A woman receiving ART in Phnom Penh and her son. WHO/J.Redfern/AsiaWorks Photography 2004

CAMBODIA

National coordination — the key to success

  • At end 2002, access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support services in Cambodia was very limited, and almost entirely supported by international NGOs.

  • The last two years have seen significant progress. Services have expanded to rural areas, thanks to a broad partnership and the coordination of the National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted infections in the Ministry of Health.

  • The collaboration and coordination of multi-sectoral organizations working in the country has helped drive programmes.

  • By the end of October 2004, there were 4527 people receiving treatment (one in five adults in need). About 7% of all people receiving ART were children.

  • By end of 2004, 75 accredited testing and counselling sites were in place (61 supported by Government/13 by NGO/one private centre).

  • Collaborating with WHO regional offices in South East Asia and Western Pacific, in 2004 Cambodia hosted a workshop to train and facilitate knowledge exchange on ART management between experts from Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

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    1 December 2010 09:32 CET