Cambodia

The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) is a tool that aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of health center staff in Cambodia in regards to nutrition to improve the health of mothers and young children. The revised MPA Module 10, from 2009, focuses on the six contacts health center staff have with pregnant women and mothers with young children. The training module includes a facilitators’ manual, participants’ manual job aids, power point presentations with facilitator notes, and a checklist for counseling and communication.

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children. It provides messaging about the importance of antenatal care, proper nutrition during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, post-partum care and newborn contact, and young child health and nutrition. The job aid includes a number of useful visual aids to inform mothers and children.

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children. It provides messaging about the importance of antenatal care, proper nutrition during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, post-partum care and newborn contact, and young child health and nutrition. The job aid includes a number of useful visual aids to inform mothers and children. 

Vitamin A deficiency is a serious public health problem among women and children in Cambodia. The 2005 Cambodia Demographic Health Survey reported that only 35% of children aged 6-59 months received vitamin A in the past six months and 27% of women received vitamin A post-partum. This communication strategy for promotion of Vitamin A in Cambodia was developed by the Cambodian Nutrition Working Group.

Despite a growing economy and improvement in living conditions, Cambodia has a higher maternal mortality rate and an equal rate of child under-five mortality compared to Bangladesh. In fact, Cambodian conditions of anemia and micronutrient malnutrition are among the worst in Southeast Asia. This report documents what the available data sources reveal about the conditions of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies, their prevention and treatment in Cambodia.