Health and Medical Information for Cambodia

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Health and Medical Information for Cambodia
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Health insurance, including emergency evacuation, is absolutely essential. Doctors and hospitals expect cash payments for any medical treatment. The cost of medical evacuation is high. The hospital in Phnom Penh is reliable. It is suggested that any visitors bring adequate supplies of any essential personal medication, since that medication may not be available in Cambodia.
Food and drink:

All water should be regarded as being potentially contaminated. Water for drinking, brushing teeth or making ice should first be boiled or otherwise sterilised. Bottled water is widely available. Milk is unpasteurised and should be boiled. Powdered or tinned milk is available and is advised. Avoid dairy products which are likely to have been made from unboiled milk. Only eat well-cooked meat and fish. Vegetables should be cooked and fruit peeled.
Other risks:

Cholera may be a serious risk in this country and precautions are essential. Up-to-date advice should be sought before deciding whether these precautions should include vaccination.

Bilharzia (schistosomiasis) is present; avoid swimming and paddling in fresh water. Giardiasis, dysentery, typhoid fever and dengue fever are common throughout Cambodia. Dengue fever is particularly prevalent in Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham, Kompong Thom and Siem Reap. Hepatitis B is hyperendemic. Japanese encephalitis occurs in rural areas from May to November, and is relatively common in the highlands where there are rice fields and pigs, as both are needed for the disease to occur. The vaccine is only usually given for people travelling in rural areas for four weeks or more.

Epidemics of avian influenza (bird flu) were reported in Asia in 2004 and again in 2005, and some human cases were confirmed. The last confirmed case was in December 2008. Visitors should avoid bird farms or markets, where contact with poultry might occur.

HIV/AIDS is endemic and safe sex practices are essential.

Short History Of Cambodia and Culture

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Short History Of Cambodia and Culture
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Although Cambodia had a rich and powerful past under the Hindu state
of Funan and the Kingdom of Angkor, by the mid-19th century the
country was on the verge of dissolution. After repeated requests for
French assistance, a protectorate was established in 1863. By 1884,
Cambodia was a virtual colony; soon after it was made part of the
Indochina Union with Annam, Tonkin, Cochin-China, and Laos.

France continued to control the country even after the start of World
War II through its Vichy government. In 1945, the Japanese dissolved
the colonial administration, and King Norodom Sihanouk declared an
independent, anti-colonial government under Prime Minister Son Ngoc
Thanh in March 1945. This government was deposed by the Allies in
October. Many of Son Ngoc Thanh's supporters escaped and continued
to fight for independence as the Khmer Issarak.

Although France recognized Cambodia as an autonomous kingdom
within the French Union, the drive for total independence continued,
resulting in a split between those who supported the political tactics of
Sihanouk and those who supported the Khmer Issarak guerrilla
movement. In January 1953, Sihanouk named his father as regent and
went into self-imposed exile, refusing to return until Cambodia gained
genuine independence.

Independence was finally achieved in 1953, after which Norodom Sihanouk was appointed king. His first reign lasted until the 1970s, when a coup d’etat and the Khmer Rouge led to years of repression and the execution of tens of thousands. Following a period of Vietnamese occupation, Sihanouk returned to the throne in 1993. His son, the current monarch, took over following his father’s abdication in 2004. Politically, Hun Sen and the extreme-left Cambodian People’s Party have been in power since a disputed election in 1998.