Our work in Cambodia

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Chan Sophal conducts a community engagement session in Ou Chan Tong Village in Cambodia.

Cambodia has enjoyed great success in improving health outcomes in recent decades, especially significant reductions in maternal mortality.

The country’s health system has been expanded and strengthened. Access to health services has increased and coverage of social health protection schemes has expanded, along with increased commitment by the Government to finance essential services and commodities. There is now stronger stewardship in regulation and governance, and greater preparedness for pandemic-prone diseases.

Still, significant challenges remain as Cambodia moves towards universal health coverage. These challenges include improving the quality and equity of healthcare across population groups, adapting health systems to respond to changing health patterns, ensuring the country’s capacity to contribute to global health security, and addressing the social, economic and environmental factors that influence people’s health.

Cambodia-WHO country cooperation strategy 2016-2020

The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is WHO’s strategic framework to guide the Organization’s work in and with a country.

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Cambodia-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2016-2023

The 2016-2023 Country Cooperation Strategy was developed on the foundation of Third Health Strategic Plan 2016–2020, which highlights Cambodia's commitment to universal health coverage.

National strategic priorities of Cambodia

The overarching policy goal of The Third Health Strategic Plan 2016–2020 (HSP3) of the Ministry of Health is “improved health outcomes of the population, with increased financial risk protection in access to quality health care services”. HSP3 is supported by four health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

Goal 1: Reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as well as malnutrition among women and children.

Goal 2: Reduce morbidity and mortality caused by communicable diseases.

Goal 3: Reduce morbidity and mortality caused by noncommunicable diseases and other public health problems.

Goal 4: Increase access to and utilization of affordable quality health services with reduced financial burden.

WHO’s strategic priorities and intended outcomes in the Country Cooperation Strategy were developed based on the HSP3 goals and strategies. WHO’s work under its four strategic priorities is helping to strengthen the national impacts on morbidity, mortality, health equity, quality of care and social health protection. It also contributes to the SDG targets, both for the health-specific SDG 3 and other health-related SDGs to address public health issues.