Phnom
Penh, Oct 25 (IANS) The US will provide about $35 million to Cambodia
to help improve the country's health and the education sector, the US
embassy here said Tuesday.
Agreements on this were signed by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor
Namhong and mission director of the US Agency for International
Development (USAID) Flynn Fuller, Xinhua reported.
The money will support a variety of ongoing activities to reduce the
transmission and impact of HIV/AIDS, prevent and control infectious
diseases, improve maternal, reproductive, and children's health, and
strengthen public health systems.
The funds will also support ongoing education programmes aimed at
improving the quality and relevance of basic education and increasing
access to schooling for children, the US embassy said in a statement.
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