PM signs health decree

As part of a long-planned project to overhaul the country’s social security system, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed into law yesterday a sub-decree effectively granting health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers.

The sub-decree expands the mandate of the National Social Security Fund – which operates under the Labour Ministry and provides obligatory workplace injury insurance – to providing health insurance as well.

Established in 2008, the NSSF covers more than 900,000 Cambodian workers, most of whom work in the garment sector.

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