Rash of HIV cases hit Kandal village

Cambodian health authorities are investigating a concentrated cluster of HIV cases, confirming 14 people from Peam village in Kandal province’s Muk Kampoul district have tested positive for the disease in the first two months of 2016. “[Fourteen] people from Peam village came to Samdech Euv Hospital in Phnom Penh and found that they were infected with HIV,” Dr Ly Penh Sun, director of the National Center for HIV, AIDS, Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS) yesterday confirmed.

“We are aware of these cases and are investigating the problem.” Serong Kea, a doctor and national program officer for HIV/AIDs with the World Health Organization, said yesterday that the agency had been consulting with health authorities about Peam village since the first cases emerged in January, though warned against calling it an outbreak.

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