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Cambodia’s Civil Society Launches Comprehensive Strategic Plan to Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Monday, 29 November 2010 03:20 DAP NEWS / VIBOL
CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, Nov 29, 2010-KHANA will make symbolic launching of KHANA’s Strategic Plan for the upcoming five years (2011-2015). “Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance has its new five-year strategic plan which will be implemented from 2011 to 2015. “In this strategic plan, KHANA will focus not only on HIV, but also on broader health and development,” said Dr. Oum Sopheap, KHANA Executive Director, “This new strategy will lead our evolution as an organization, as we embrace new opportunities to develop our holistic approach for the communities we work with.”
Cambodian people live with HIV and aids classified about 0.6 of the whole people, the government and all partners are trying to fight against this deadly illness and nee the contribution from all sides.
Dr. Pheap said over the last ten years, KHANA has been known as one of the leading local NGOs in HIV and AIDS through different programs including HIV focused prevention with most at risk populations (MARPs), care and support for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and impact mitigation to improve the quality of lives for those populations.
This contributes to a reduction of HIV and AIDS prevalence in Cambodia and also brings Cambodia to the global recognition in the success of HIV/AIDS response. In addition, our policy dialogues and networking through closed partnership with government and other relevant institutions support the building enabling environment for those who are the forefront of the epidemics accessing health and non health services.
Dr Pheap added but now, there is an increasing and urgent need of other public health concerns in the community and many efforts remain to be fulfilled in order to achieve the MDG 4 and 5 by 2015. To anticipate and respond to these changes, KHANA has revised its vision and mission to focus not only on HIV/AIDS, but also broader health including other infectious diseases, sexual reproductive, child and maternal health, TB and livelihoods
Dr. Pheap added: The robust experiences, excellent expertise and evidence based researches which KHANA has gained from HIV works for many years will serve as a bridge for KHANA to reach its new goals, new objectives and new strategic directions for the sake of the community.
Teng Kunthy, secretary general of the National AIDS Authority said that “we need all partners for fighting against HIV and Adis in the country. We all are concerned about the MSM, girls at the entertainment clubs, and drug users,”
Climate Change Activists in Cambodia Demand Global Climate Fund
Monday, 29 November 2010 02:56 DAP NEWS / VIBOL
CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, Nov 29, 2010-Climate change activists on Monday gathered at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh to demand the fund for implementing climate change project and campaigners also demanded world leaders to keep promises on global climate fund.
"In Cancun, rich countries must be honest about this money" Bunny Tep, a representative of the national climate change network said, referring to $30 billion fund's pledge by 2012 for climate change.
This is first time that kind of event conducted at the freedom park which opened last month after the NGOs and civil society that kind of park is restrict narrowing the freedom of expression (FoE) Oxfam said that Cambodia is concerned about the climate change affected agricultural crops and food security. Climate change is already devastating people’s lives and wiping out crops, making it harder for the poorest people, especially women, to provide food for their families.
It added recognizing this global threat, the National Climate Change Network, consisting of 52 civil society organizations in Cambodia, is holding a campaign event Where is the global climate fund? On Monday morning, November 29. The campaign will bring together 300 representatives from the government, civil society, academics, local communities, and private companies to calls on world leaders to deliver their financial commitments and provide new and additional money for poor people to adapt to a changing climate.
At Copenhagen last year, there was limited progress made on the scale of long term finance. Rice countries government pledged to deliver $30 billion by 2012 to help developing countries adapt to climate change and curb their emissions.
