WHO works closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Royal Government of Cambodia and partners on all aspects of responding to COVID-19 in Cambodia, including surveillance, screening, tracing and quarantine, strengthening and enhancing Cambodia’s health systems including public health capacity to respond to the pandemic, providing strategic and technical advice as part of a broader UN support team, and coordinating the international health response among the UN agencies in the country.
WHO efforts include deploying staff to provide technical support on risk assessment and epidemiological surveillance to the MoH, providing direct technical support and guidance to health facilities in Phnom Penh and in several provinces in managing the first cases of COVID-19 in Cambodia, and supporting MoH in the development of Cambodia-specific clinical guidelines, drawing on access to the latest global evidence and data.
WHO and partners also supported the government in developing the ‘National Master Plan for COVID-19’ and continues to support its implementation, informed by the WHO global strategies and the WHO Western Pacific regional action frameworks and various technical guidance. For each of the plan’s nine priority areas, WHO is providing policy advice and technical support to the MoH to respond to the current situation and prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission.
WHO also continues to provide support to the MoH to sustain routine essential health services, including malaria elimination, routine immunisation services and measles outbreak response, HIV/AIDs and TB treatment, material and child health, and NCD management.
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