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(AP)—A 20-month-old boy has become Cambodia's seventh bird flu fatality this year, as authorities warn the virus remains a serious health threat, especially to children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-toddler-cambodia-7th-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:30:04 EST news280667839 (AP)—A 3-year-old Cambodian girl has become the sixth person to die from bird flu in the country this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-toddler-cambodia-6th-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:08:50 EST news279950921 A five-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to five so far this year, the World Health Organization said on Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bird-flu-cambodian-victim-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:30:01 EST news279518859 (AP)—Two more children have died in Cambodia of bird flu, bringing the number of fatal cases to four since the start of this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bird-flu-children-cambodia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:38:56 EST news278595529 Cambodia on Friday reported three new human cases of bird flu, two of them fatal, in the first three weeks of this year. That's as many cases as the Southeast Asian country reported in all of 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cambodians-die-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:19:08 EST news278317139 (AP)—Rabies experts from 12 Asian countries on Friday concluded their annual meeting to exchange views and find practical solutions to the disease, which is still prevalent in the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-asian-experts-rabies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:47:42 EST news268660052 (AP) — Cambodia is closing all kindergarten and primary schools two weeks before a regular vacation to try to stop the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of young children around Asia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cambodia-schools-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:13:46 EST news261821605 (AP) — Tran Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese hospital, and it could be many months more before he can go home. All for a disease that in Asia is as common as chicken pox, and usually about as severe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-common-childhood-illness-rages-asia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:00:43 EST news261287896 (Medical Xpress) -- A mysterious disease that has killed nearly 60 children in Cambodia has been identified by the World Health Organization as enterovirus 71. This virus is one among a family of viruses that causes a variety of illnesses, including a common childhood illness called hand, foot and mouth disease. However, Andrew Bonwit, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Loyola University Health System, said a fatal outcome from such illness is rare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-foot-mouth-disease-outbreak-loyola.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:50:01 EST news261217564 The Philippines has stepped up screening of airport arrivals to prevent the entry of a mysterious disease that has killed 60 children in Cambodia, the health secretary said Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-philippines-mystery-cambodian-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:41:53 EST news260862104 An unidentified disease has killed 60 young children in Cambodia in three months, the World Health Organization said Tuesday as it raced to identify the cause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unknown-disease-children-cambodia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:18:32 EST news260529502 A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country's third fatality from the virulent disease this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cambodian-girl-dies-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 May 2012 08:21:25 EST news257412063 The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it was optimistic drug-resistant malaria that has emerged along Thailand's borders with Cambodia and Myanmar could be contained within the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-drug-resistant-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:10:18 EST news254481010 A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, in the country's second fatality from the virus this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cambodian-girl-dies-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:45:01 EST news252578599 Researchers conducting influenza-like illness surveillance in Cambodia have confirmed a rare incidence of individuals becoming infected with a seasonal influenza and the pandemic strain at the same time, a reminder of the ongoing risk of distinct flu viruses combining in human hosts to produce a more lethal strain, according to a report in the November issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. A pandemic strain is a type of flu against which people have little or no natural immunity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-global-flu-rare-coinfection-southeast.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:34:30 EST news239473602 If you want to provide poor people in developing countries with decent health care, you need to overcome several barriers at the same time. That is the conclusion of researcher Bart Jacobs, based on years of research in Cambodia – and on his experience in several other low- and mid-income countries. The local community and existing social networks play an important role, but the authorities also have a role to play. His analysis has in the mean time been partly incorporated in Cambodian national policy, and it resulted in a PhD at the Antwerp Institute for Tropical Medicine and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-health-poor.html Health Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:40:01 EST news236510697