The Japanese government has provided U$$74,333 to the People in Need
NGO for a project that will extend delivery rooms at eight health
centers in Takeo Province.
The grant contract was signed on Feb 8 between Kuroki Masafumi,
Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, and Schmied Petr, head of the People in
Need mission in Cambodia, at the Embassy of Japan.
The People in Need project extended the pre/post delivery rooms in
order to improve maternal and child services. At least 1,800 mothers
receive proper medical care before and after delivery through the
project and it’s expected to contribute to the reduction of maternal and
infant mortality rates in Cambodia.
Every year, about 12,000 women deliver babies in Takeo province.
However, 308 per 100,000 babies delivered died after delivery, according
to Commune Database Online.
Kuroki said that the project will improve the conditions for delivery
and health care service both before and after childbirth for mothers and
children. “It also facilitates their families to stay at the health
centers for taking care of them, which will encourage pregnant women to
have deliveries in health centers.”
The cooperation will promote safe deliveries and appropriate health
care services at the health centers and contribute to the reduction of
the maternal and child mortality rate, which is still high in rural
areas, he said.
Petr said that many health centers in Cambodia have no delivery rooms for women to deliver their babies.
Since 1991, the Government of Japan has provided US$47 million under
Japan’s KUSANONE grant assistance for local authorities and
non-government organizations to implement 461 projects throughout the
country.
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