Phnom Penh has around 5,000 families in slum areas with free access to safe water.
Iron deficiencies can be treated with ferrous sulfate, 324 milligrams once or twice per day.
Some callers to Monday night’s 'Hello VOA' program pointed to weak law enforcement and corrupt police.
Cambodian women say the country’s development is jeopardized by its lack of inclusion of women.
A person with anemia should avoid tea, coffee or milk with meals as they interfere with the absorption of iron.
Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells, which bring oxygen to body tissues.
Frieden also called for wider implementation of a World Health Organization policy package.
One in five Americans has irritable bowel syndrome.
In Cambodia, only a third of all chemicals in local markets are registered with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Participants are practicing emergency responses for a global disease outbreak, major typhoon, and nuclear device detonation.
At least 10 people have died from the disease since June.
On Monday, officials began blood tests of pigs in Kampot, where the latest and most severe outbreak has occurred.
Cambodia has a widespread problem with illnesses related to diarrhea, which include infections from parasites and microbes.
The meeting was to discuss a draft law to bolster protections against pesticides and other dangerous chemicals.
Cambodia continues to struggle with its own AIDS epidemic.
The contamination usually arises from improper handling, preparation, or food storage, Dr. Taing Tek Hong, told “Hello VOA” Thursday.
The meeting will look into transparency for aid money, proper capacity building, and the right prioritization of aid projects.
A healthy diet that includes fish, fruit and vegetables can reduce the chances for heart disease, a US doctor said Thursday.
Now, the country is at peace and the economy is booming. But mental health workers say the psychological scars have yet to heal.
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi is the winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology and co-discoverer of HIV.
Forty-eight monks fell ill with food poisoning Sunday and were recovering in two separate hospitals Wednesday.
At least six villagers have died and dozens fallen ill from severe diarrhea and vomiting in a suspected cholera outbreak in Kratie.
A stroke occurs when blood flow to brain is blocked, either by blood clots or narrowed blood vessels.
In “Born Sweet,” a new documentary underscoring the dangers of arsenic.
The possibility of a stroke can be markedly decreased by controlling risk factors like high blood pressure and others.
Thousands of ducks and chickens died from the disease in Takeo last week.
More than 60 families in Takeo province say they lost tens of thousands of dollars after their poultry was culled this week.
Officials were focusing on Pralay Meas village, the suspected epicenter of the disease.
Cambodian agricultural authorities on Tuesday were testing samples of dead ducks, after 10,000 fowl were found dead in Takeo province.
