Fighting AIDS in Cambodia
- A Video Special Presentation -

Cambodia, a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Asia, is showing encouraging progress in the fight against the spread of the virus. The number of new infections has gone from 100 a day in 1997 to 20 in 2004.

In explaining the sustained decrease in prevalence rates from over 4% to 2.4%, UNAIDS attributed the drop to political commitment, a strong response from civil society and a wide range of activities by the Ministry of Health, including a 100% condom use program.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has approved US$ 25 million over two years and US$ 67 million over five years to help scale up successful prevention, care and treatment programs implemented by government and civil society. Among the most successful are prevention activities aimed at high risk groups, including military personnel in port cities like Sihanoukville and sex workers in Phnom Penh, as well as marginalized minority groups in far-flung provinces like north-eastern Rattanakiri.

A Global Fund team visited some of these projects and this is what they saw …

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View the video low | high French: low | high	Pharmaciens Sans Frontières (PSF) and Sex Workers in Phnom Penh PSF is a French NGO which is running prevention and treatment programs for sex workers in Phnom Penh. It has gained enough trust in the neighborhoods where sex workers trade that brothel owners allow their employees to take time off to go to the center. Find out how…
View the video low | high	Police and military personnel in Sihanoukville In many countries, due to frequent moves and long stays away from home, police and military personnel are at high risk for the transmission of HIV/AIDS. The Cambodian Red Cross is targeting this segment of the population with their HIV/AIDS workshops. Find out how their peer educators are trained…
View the video low | high	A Cambodian orphan: testimony of granddaughter and grandmother Eight-year old Nita lost both her parents to AIDS but blames her father for introducing the virus into the family. Her grandmother blames herself for forcing her daughter to marry a man she did not want to marry. Meet this small family as they speak about their loss through AIDS…
View the video low | high	Partners in Compassion Just a step away from a Buddhist temple, Partners in Compassion runs a hospice for people dying of AIDS. Wayne Matteis, a priest who works with the NGO, said most people land up in the center after being driven out of their homes by relatives. He told us some of their stories…
View the video low | high	Mobile Video Unit in Rattanakiri Province Population Services International (PSI), an NGO specializing in the social marketing of health goods, has found a way to spread HIV/AIDS messages to groups which are often left out of the loop of mainstream media messages. In the remote province of Rattanakiri, PSI set up a projector and screen to promote condoms and raise awareness about the disease. Join the night-time viewing…