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Nurses of the Ministry of Health receive training in Sangker operational district, ahead of the relaunch of the hepatitis C nursing activity pilot, where nurses will lead the care of hepatitis C patients.
In addition to skills related to hepatitis C, new measures around infection prevention control regarding COVID-19 are taught.

Until the end of June 2020, just 141 cases were confirmed in Cambodia, and a quarter of them originates from a European tourist group in March. The authorities were quick to implement thorough contact tracing and asked our teams to help with this. We’ve also contributed to the new IPC and clinical guidelines for Cambodia and developed training units. Subsequently, about 300 staff members of hospitals run by the Ministry of health received training. Given the difficulty of importing medical equipment, the team is now trying innovative approaches to develop oxygen ventilation systems by using commercially available diving masks and 3D-printing the necessary connectors in the country in anticipation of an outbreak of COVID-19 in Cambodia.
Nurses of the Ministry of Health receive training in Sangker operational district, ahead of the relaunch of the hepatitis C nursing activity pilot. Cambodia, April 2020.
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We handed over our last projects in Cambodia in 2021, after 42 years in the country.

Our last projects in Cambodia focused on tackling hepatitis C and malaria.

We launched a hepatitis C programme in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, in May 2016, offering the first free treatment for the blood-borne virus in the country.

The project started with the team screening HIV patients at the hospital for co-infection. Then, it expanded to include screening of patients referred by Preah Kossamak hospital’s hepatology department.

Our malaria research project in northern Cambodia was set up to find ways to eliminate malaria in an area where there is proven resistance to the most powerful antimalarial drug, artemisinin.

MSF teams responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia between February and June 2020 by providing training and technical support in six hospitals. We handed over our last projects in 2021.

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