Cambodia aims to eradicate hepatitis B and C by 2030
February 4, 2023
In line with the plan from the World Health Organization, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has set a goal of eliminating hepatitis B and C by 2030, said Dr. Ly Sovann, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, and head of the technical team for liver diseases.

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Dr. Ly Sovann explained that hepatitis C and B are mostly transmitted either through sexual intercourse, or through blood, via unsafe injections or transfusions. Education of the general population, and health workers in particular, can therefore play an important part in the eradication of these two types of hepatitis.

It should be noted that in Cambodia, the number of people with hepatitis B is 3%, or about 475,000 people, including about 3,605 annual deaths, and the percentage of Cambodians living with chronic hepatitis C. is around 1.6 percent, equivalent to 257,000 people, of which there are about 2,976 annual deaths.

Doctors advise people to get tested for hepatitis B and C, because if left untreated for a long time, they can have serious long term health effects such as cirrhosis of the liver and cancer.

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:40 am A commendable ambition. I do wonder if overhauling the country’s health care to eradicate such things as
-bogus doctors
-dodgy pharmacies
-unlicensed or unmonitored practices
-over prescribing antibiotics

and a nationwide public awareness of health matters (at a modern standard, not 1970’s) wouldn’t go a long way towards achieving these sorts of goals.

Ok, I'm with you, but leaving aside the question of quacks and magic healing, let's get down to the nitty-gritty - how to maintain basic hygiene when, (as happens sometimes), you can't even wash your hands because there is no water (or the water that's available is dirtier than your hands)?
And before someone tells me that the tap water in PP is now lovely and clean, can I say in advance that in this is not the case everywhere in Cambodia (or even in PP) ?

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:06 am

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:40 am A commendable ambition. I do wonder if overhauling the country’s health care to eradicate such things as
-bogus doctors
-dodgy pharmacies
-unlicensed or unmonitored practices
-over prescribing antibiotics

and a nationwide public awareness of health matters (at a modern standard, not 1970’s) wouldn’t go a long way towards achieving these sorts of goals.

Ok, I'm with you, but leaving aside the question of quacks and magic healing, let's get down to the nitty-gritty - how to maintain basic hygiene when, (as happens sometimes), you can't even wash your hands because there is no water (or the water that's available is dirtier than your hands)?
And before someone tells me that the tap water in PP is now lovely and clean, can I say in advance that in this is not the case everywhere in Cambodia (or even in PP) ?

No matter how many times I've heard the water is clean to drink, I just can't do it. I'm sure the 'water' is fine, it's the pipes they have to go through to get to my cup I'm worried about.

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:41 am

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:06 am

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:40 am A commendable ambition. I do wonder if overhauling the country’s health care to eradicate such things as
-bogus doctors
-dodgy pharmacies
-unlicensed or unmonitored practices
-over prescribing antibiotics

and a nationwide public awareness of health matters (at a modern standard, not 1970’s) wouldn’t go a long way towards achieving these sorts of goals.

Ok, I'm with you, but leaving aside the question of quacks and magic healing, let's get down to the nitty-gritty - how to maintain basic hygiene when, (as happens sometimes), you can't even wash your hands because there is no water (or the water that's available is dirtier than your hands)?
And before someone tells me that the tap water in PP is now lovely and clean, can I say in advance that in this is not the case everywhere in Cambodia (or even in PP) ?

No matter how many times I've heard the water is clean to drink, I just can't do it. I'm sure the 'water' is fine, it's the pipes they have to go through to get to my cup I'm worried about.

You assume those 30kg bottles are not filled directly from the tap. I am not so sure.

Anyway, I still buy them and get the tuks to haul them up 3 floors - the best $1 I ever spend.

I've been drinking the tap water since 2010

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:41 am

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:06 am

Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:40 am A commendable ambition. I do wonder if overhauling the country’s health care to eradicate such things as
-bogus doctors
-dodgy pharmacies
-unlicensed or unmonitored practices
-over prescribing antibiotics

and a nationwide public awareness of health matters (at a modern standard, not 1970’s) wouldn’t go a long way towards achieving these sorts of goals.

Ok, I'm with you, but leaving aside the question of quacks and magic healing, let's get down to the nitty-gritty - how to maintain basic hygiene when, (as happens sometimes), you can't even wash your hands because there is no water (or the water that's available is dirtier than your hands)?
And before someone tells me that the tap water in PP is now lovely and clean, can I say in advance that in this is not the case everywhere in Cambodia (or even in PP) ?

No matter how many times I've heard the water is clean to drink, I just can't do it. I'm sure the 'water' is fine, it's the pipes they have to go through to get to my cup I'm worried about.

Not just the pipes. In my village they pump water from the stream behind 'Mango Mountain' and sell it as clean water for 2000r per M3.
In Phnom Penh, and other really large cities, there might be a cleaning station, but by default I distrust the water quality of tap water.

The large bottles.... I've seen them filling it with well water, rain water, and other water which came from God knows where. I stick to bottled water.