Health Minister Mam Bun Heng said bidding for hospitals was conducted in an open and transparent manner and in accordance with the law, while in allocations to the ministry by the Global Fund was not in the ministry’s jurisdiction, rather it was the sole responsibility of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU).
The ministry quickly issued a retraction of the erroneous statement, which said a 44-year-old man in Kampong Cham province had contracted the disease.
Observers say advances in technology had made producing drugs easier and harder to detect.
High levels of unemployment, combined with pressures brought on by studies, work and rising materialism, have contributed to the problem, the experts said.
Hun Sen, however, was quick to distance himself from the tactics employed by his counterpart, whose call for extra-judicial killings to end the “drugs menace” has led to more than 3,000 deaths.
The doctors and health professionals are in nearly two dozen countries, most of the procedures are for patients in Kenya, Tanzania, Guatemala, Nepal and Cambodia.
Nigeria has launched an emergency polio vaccination campaign after two new cases of the disease paralyzed children earlier in August. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
MIT, Harvard researchers identify single protein that appears to be the disease’s weakness.
The Darul Hijra Mosque of Falls Church, Virginia, is running a volunteer program which sends members to visit the hospitalized patients who do not have any relatives or friends to pay them a visit. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
When Frederick County Council member Billy Shreve watched films made by students at a Maryland Film Festival last year, he was surprised at the talent and creativity of young filmmakers. VOA Khmer's Sou Pichchinda narrates.
Experts say the misuse and abuse of prescription painkiller drugs in the United States is often the result of widespread misconceptions about the addictive nature of opioids. VOA Khmer's Cheoung Pochin narrates.
The illegal promotion of breast milk substitutes in Phnom Penh is leading to negative health effects, according to a report by Hellen Keller International.
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