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Health Education Project – Ream Odom's Story

Ream Odom is no ordinary boy. He very rarely disobeys his Mother. He is hardly ever sick. And most importantly of all, he is always very clean.

Odom’s unique awareness of his personal health and hygiene does not stem from any obsessive compulsive disorder. Nor is it the result of authoritarian parents insisting that he adopt abnormally high-standards for a teenage boy. He is clean and health-conscious because he wants to be and because he knows that it could potentially save his life or the life of someone he loves ..more

Medical Support Services In Action

Soung Vanna first felt the pain in the back of her neck. Then it spread to the back of her head, causing severe headaches that left her screaming in pain. By the time the 13 year-old had been taken to see a doctor in Phnom Penh, she already feared the worst.

'I was very afraid of what the doctor would tell me,' she recalls on being told that she had advanced tuberculosis and would need to be placed on strong medication to fight the disease. But after a month of taking the prescribed medicine, Vanna's headaches had only become worse ..more