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A 7-year-old girl died on Tuesday from complications of avian influenza, making the fourteenth H5N1-related death in Cambodia since 2005, according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. The girl from Prasat commune in Prey Veng's Kampong Trabek district, first fell ill in May 2. After being treated by local practicioners, she was admitted to Kantha Bopha Children Hospital in Phnom Penh on May 31 and died of respiratory complications the following week. Forther testing confirmed she had been infected with avian influenza. Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng said in the statement "Avian influenza H5N1 is still a threat to.. Cambodians. Compared to last year, we have seen more H5N1 cases this year and children appear to be most vulnerable." From 2005 until this June, 16 cases of avian influenza have been confirmed. More than half were children, all of whom died. The Ministry of Health's Rapid Response Teams are conducting invest...

Since HIV was discovered 30 years ago this week, 30 million people have died from the disease, and it continues to spread at the rate of 7,000 people per day globally , the UN says. There's not much good news when it comes to this devastating virus. But that is perhaps why the story of the man scientists call the " Berlin patient" is so remarkable and has generated so much excitement among the HIV advocacy community. Timothy Ray Brown suffered from both leukemia and HIV when he

With Maternal and Child Mortality as the top priority of the Ministry of Health under the Rectangular Strategy of the Royal Government of Cambodia (Phase II), it is necessary that health staff at all levels combine efforts with health development partners to bring about a substantial reduction in mortality rates quickly. Speaking at the National Maternal and Child Health Center in Phnom Penh on 3 February 2009, H.E. Dr. MAM BUNHENG , Minister of Health called on health care providers to firmly adhere to internal regulations and their professional duties in order to provide the people of Cambodia, especially women and children