9 September 2014
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday unveiled a five-year Integrated Nutrition, Hygiene and Sanitation project in Cambodia, which is estimated to cost 16 million U.S. dollars.
The mortality rate for children under 5 in Cambodia is currently 54 per 1,000 live births and nearly 35% of these child deaths are attributable to various forms of under nutrition. The project, to be implemented by Save the Children Federation, will benefit approximately 500,000 Cambodians in rural communities in Battambang, Pursat and Siem Reap provinces.
The project will have a particular focus on pregnant women and children under the age of two and will promote food diversity and food quality as well as improving local access to sanitation facilities, hand-washing and water filters, adding that it will also provide pre-and post-birth services at health facilities and growth promotion programs at health centers and in the community. Since 1992, USAID has invested about 1 billion U.S. dollars towards Cambodia's development
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