
Why So Many Cambodians Travel Abroad For Medical Care
The author highlights the challenges and misdiagnoses faced in the Cambodian healthcare system that push many to seek medical treatment abroad. It underscores the rising trend of medical tourism due to inadequate domestic options, the financial burden of healthcare,...

P4H Political Economy Tool: An approach to enhanced partnership
The P4H Network created a political economy framework to help P4H country focal persons (P4H-CFPs) advance social health protection (SHP) and health financing (HF) reforms. Piloted in Cambodia and Cameroon in 2023, it aids P4H-CFPs in understanding national political...

Joint SDG Fund: Social health protection in Albania and Cambodia
Albania and Cambodia are advancing social health protection and employment initiatives through joint programmes supported by the Joint SDG Fund, with a focus on fostering inclusion and universal health coverage.In Cambodia, the Joint SDG Fund is driving key reforms to...

Central registry in Cambodia helps patients access social services
The USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project is working with social protection programs in Cambodia to create a data-sharing infrastructure that links databases of all social health protection programs across country.Cambodia has committed to improve access to...

Cambodia’s central registry enhances access to social services
Cambodia is advancing its efforts toward universal health coverage by implementing a central registry that links various social health protection programs, improving access to essential services for citizens.Cambodia is addressing challenges in its social health...

1st regional training workshop on enhancing health equity fund awareness
On 24 June 2024, the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF), in collaboration with GIZ Cambodia and the P4H Network and presided over by Mr. Hour Tola, Deputy Director General of NSAF, conducted the first of a series of regional training workshop in Siem Reap...

Cambodia has launched the Roadmap for Universal Health Coverage 2024-2035
Cambodia has committed to provide quality healthcare without financial hardship, aligning with the global Sustainable Development Goals, by launching the Roadmap for Universal Health Coverage 2024-2035.On May 23, 2024, Prime Minister Hun Manet officially launched the...

Workshop celebrating Universal Health Coverage Day 2023
On 21 December 2023, a workshop celebrating Universal Health Coverage Day 2023 was held at Hotel Cambodiana, Phnom Penh. This workshop aimed to raise awareness of UHC 2030 among key stakeholders in Cambodia.The workshop was held by Khmer HIV/AIDS Activists NGO...

LHSS Webinar: Integrating People and Services into National Social Health Protection, Perspectives from Cambodia, Colombia, and Vietnam
The USAID Local Health Systems Sustainability Project Webinar is going to be held tomorrow, 27 June at 9.00 AM EST to discuss integrating vulnerable populations into national social health protection programs with panelists from Cambodia, Colombia & Vietnam.In...

P4HC+ meeting: Analysis of Financial Risk Protection in Cambodia’s Health System using Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey Data
The P4HC+ community has met on April 28th.GIZ and the General Secretariat of the National Social Protection Council have been collaborating to carry out an updated analysis of health service utilisation and financial protection indicators in Cambodia over the years...

17-21.10.2022 – L4UHC Regional Module in Bangkok
Fruitful week in Bangkok! The Cambodian team focused on the topic of “strengthening the referral system” and acknowledged the importance of a strong primary care for a well performing health system. The next step is to get in touch with stakeholders involved in...

Cambodia 13-14.07.2022- Third Visioning Workshop: Extension of social health protection in pursuit of UHC in Cambodia
This workshop aims to disseminate the main findings of a comprehensive assessment of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Health Insurance scheme and to improve understanding and share a common vision on the extension of social health protection coverage in...

Cambodia – Celebration at the French Embassy of the launching of L4UHC programme in Cambodia
On the occasion of the launching of the L4UHC programme in Cambodia, the French Embassy hosted a cocktail reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of France on the 31st of May. The first in-country workshop has taken place on the 30th and 31st of May. 21...

Health Financing Training in Kep, 29.03-01.04.2022
Fruitful Health Financing Training in Kep with GS-NSPC, WHO, GIZ and P4H!
Social Protection Week
The first Social Protection Week has been a successful event that brought together key stakeholders to chart a way forward in extending social protection in Cambodia.