Project AID Khmer: addressing the health impact of HIV/AIDS on Cambodia through rural capacity building.
HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in Cambodia have largely focussed on urban populations. This focus, however, has diverted attention from the impact of the disease on rural communities, where poverty and a lack of basic infrastructure forced many to migrate to urban areas. Rural communities thus play a crucial part in the understanding of HIV/AIDS transmission dynamics in Cambodia. This paper will provide an analysis of socio-economic and health-related needs of rural communities in Cambodia, giving a different context for understanding the national burden of HIV/AIDS. These concepts will be illustrated with experiences from Project AID Khmer, a Cambodian non-governmental organisation that is working to improve Cambodian health through education programmes and community capacity building in rural Takeo province.
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Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Margret_Chang@brown.edu
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D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011203:Poverty; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012423:Rural Health; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014507:Urbanization / Q000639:trends; D035862:Vulnerable Populations