Maternal, child health outpacing neighbours

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Yesenia Amaro

Cambodia is among 10 countries that achieved accelerated progress in maternal and child health – ahead of comparable countries – by meeting goals to reduce mortality among those population groups, according to a recent cross-country analysis by the WHO.

Progress among the 10 countries, which also included Vietnam, Laos, Bangladesh and China, can be linked to consistent and coordinated policy and program input across various sectors, the analysis found.

It says that Cambodia specifically based its planning on research findings, developed a midwifery training and incentive scheme and increased government spending.

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