Sunday, 13 December 2009 04:21 DAP-NEWS
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
The Ministry of Health (MoH) opened a forum for Cambodian youths about the Reproductive Program (RP), a priority of the government’s strategies, the minister of health said on Friday at the Le Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh.
MoH Secretary of State Eng Hourt said that “The main target of the MoH is reduce to die mothers in Cambodia, so the reproductive program is very strict to learn and set a core of the National Health’s strategy.”
“We must boost all services to help Cambodian women during pregnancy. We also included a program of reproductive study for them.” “The law of abortion was approved since 1997—it ensures the best quality for Cambodian women in give a birth in the period time, no recommendation in abortion, or postpone, we must together to fight.”
Katherine Crawford, USAID´s public health and educational officer, said that “Between 2000 and 2005, postpone increased from 19 to 27 percent.”
At the end of the year, it could not be achieved, and about 40 percent was postponed, she added.
This is “a serious thing, especially affecting all Cambodian poor women.”
Christ Jaun representative for PSI said that “The death of mothers and children are the more serious concerns.”
The Cambodian government should improve the problems to ensure Cambodian women’s well-being by extending the reproductive program to all mothers, he added.
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