Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor

The royal Cambodian government (RCG) has achieved remarkable progress in recent years in reducing the poverty rate by more than half. However, the majority of those escaping from poverty only did so marginally and remain largely near-poor and still...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREAST BREASTFEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD GROWTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBEARING CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS COUNSELING DEATHS DEBT DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DIABETES DIARRHEA DIET DISEASE BURDEN DOCTORS DRINKING WATER EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FOLIC ACID HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EQUITY HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANTS INJURIES INJURY INTERVENTION IRON IRON SUPPLEMENTS LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MIDWIVES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORT PATIENT PHARMACEUTICALS PNEUMONIA POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PHARMACIES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SANITATION SCREENING SMOKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTING TOBACCO TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TREATMENT UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINATION VACCINES VITAMIN A WASTING
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spelling	okr-10986-210612021-04-23T14:04:01Z Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor World Bank Group AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREAST BREASTFEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD GROWTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBEARING CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS COUNSELING DEATHS DEBT DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DIABETES DIARRHEA DIET DISEASE BURDEN DOCTORS DRINKING WATER EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FOLIC ACID HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EQUITY HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANTS INJURIES INJURY INTERVENTION IRON IRON SUPPLEMENTS LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MIDWIVES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORT PATIENT PHARMACEUTICALS PNEUMONIA POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PHARMACIES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SANITATION SCREENING SMOKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTING TOBACCO TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TREATMENT UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINATION VACCINES VITAMIN A WASTING The royal Cambodian government (RCG) has achieved remarkable progress in recent years in reducing the poverty rate by more than half. However, the majority of those escaping from poverty only did so marginally and remain largely near-poor and still highly vulnerable to the slightest of shocks. One of the most critical factors in enabling the poor to escape from poverty, and not only remain non-poor but go on to prosper, lies in ensuring higher levels of health welfare in these households. This is especially important in rural areas, where most of Cambodia s poor reside and where health indicators show a stark divergence with those for urban areas. If poverty is to continue to decline apace, and the gap between rich and poor is to continue to narrow, then the RCG will need to ensure that poor and near-poor people s health care is greatly improved such that they can make the most of the new opportunities in education and employment that are now becoming available. With significant improvements in some health indicators over the past decade, the major challenges in health care going forward are now becoming clearer. These include: making a breakthrough in tackling high levels of child mortality and child malnutrition; addressing equity more effectively in health service provision and health spending, through pro-poor targeted programs and improvements in the coverage and rates of use of health equity funds (HEF); and the improved monitoring of unregulated private providers of medication used by the majority of the poor. In addition, another crucial step forward will be providing adequate financing and ensuring the implementation of Cambodia s first national social protection strategy (NSPS). 2015-01-05T16:03:50Z 2015-01-05T16:03:50Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/23069450/cambodias-main-challenges-improving-health-among-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21061 English en_US Health, nutrition, and population (HNP) knowledge brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Cambodia
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topic	AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREAST BREASTFEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD GROWTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBEARING CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS COUNSELING DEATHS DEBT DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DIABETES DIARRHEA DIET DISEASE BURDEN DOCTORS DRINKING WATER EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FOLIC ACID HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EQUITY HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANTS INJURIES INJURY INTERVENTION IRON IRON SUPPLEMENTS LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MIDWIVES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORT PATIENT PHARMACEUTICALS PNEUMONIA POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PHARMACIES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SANITATION SCREENING SMOKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTING TOBACCO TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TREATMENT UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINATION VACCINES VITAMIN A WASTING
spellingShingle	AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREAST BREASTFEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD GROWTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBEARING CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS COUNSELING DEATHS DEBT DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DIABETES DIARRHEA DIET DISEASE BURDEN DOCTORS DRINKING WATER EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FOLIC ACID HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EQUITY HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANTS INJURIES INJURY INTERVENTION IRON IRON SUPPLEMENTS LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MIDWIVES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORT PATIENT PHARMACEUTICALS PNEUMONIA POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PHARMACIES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SANITATION SCREENING SMOKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTING TOBACCO TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TREATMENT UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINATION VACCINES VITAMIN A WASTING World Bank Group Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
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description	The royal Cambodian government (RCG) has achieved remarkable progress in recent years in reducing the poverty rate by more than half. However, the majority of those escaping from poverty only did so marginally and remain largely near-poor and still highly vulnerable to the slightest of shocks. One of the most critical factors in enabling the poor to escape from poverty, and not only remain non-poor but go on to prosper, lies in ensuring higher levels of health welfare in these households. This is especially important in rural areas, where most of Cambodia s poor reside and where health indicators show a stark divergence with those for urban areas. If poverty is to continue to decline apace, and the gap between rich and poor is to continue to narrow, then the RCG will need to ensure that poor and near-poor people s health care is greatly improved such that they can make the most of the new opportunities in education and employment that are now becoming available. With significant improvements in some health indicators over the past decade, the major challenges in health care going forward are now becoming clearer. These include: making a breakthrough in tackling high levels of child mortality and child malnutrition; addressing equity more effectively in health service provision and health spending, through pro-poor targeted programs and improvements in the coverage and rates of use of health equity funds (HEF); and the improved monitoring of unregulated private providers of medication used by the majority of the poor. In addition, another crucial step forward will be providing adequate financing and ensuring the implementation of Cambodia s first national social protection strategy (NSPS).
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title	Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
title_short	Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
title_full	Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
title_fullStr	Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
title_full_unstemmed	Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor
title_sort	cambodia's main challenges in improving health among the poor
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/23069450/cambodias-main-challenges-improving-health-among-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21061
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Cambodia's Main Challenges in Improving Health among the Poor

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