Cambodia
HKI began work in Cambodia in 1992 when it initiated its first project to assess the extent of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). HKI-Cambodia has since expanded its work to include:
- Nutrition activities: Vitamin A, iron, and iodine deficiency policy >> more
- Primary eye care >> more
With VAD being a problem of public health significance, HKI-Cambodia's initial efforts were concentrated on providing technical assistance to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RCG) to develop a national vitamin A program.
HKI-Cambodia played an important role in the development of the first national vitamin A policy and has remained active in the revision of the vitamin A policy, as well as the development of policies for other micronutrients such as iron and iodine.
In March 2006, HKI-Cambodia launched
a month-long Vitamin A distribution
program with an event
attended by over 600 participants,
including
His Excellency
Governor Hun Neng. To read the
press release about the event, please
click here.
With support from USAID, the focus of the program was expanded to promoting sustainable nutrition interventions to improve micronutrient status, and to institutionalizing primary eye care. As part of this focus, key partnerships have been formed not only with the RCG but also with local and international NGOs. HKI provides technical assistance to partner agencies in the form of staff capacity building and educational materials for program use. Monitoring is an important component of project activities. This is done regularly and results are disseminated to relevant parties.
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Program Partners
- Royal Cambodian Government
- USAID
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
- Chamran Cheat Khmer (CCK)
- Partners For Development (PFD)
- Southeast Asian Outreach (SAO)
- UNICEF
- WHO
- WFP
Key Staff
- Zaman Talukder - Country Director
- Hou Kroeun - Agriculture Officer
- La-Ong Tokmoh - IEC Advisor
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