At a November 22 workshop, experts urged media outlets to promote awareness of healthy nutrition in Cambodia. Their calls came in light of a significant increase in Cambodian engagement with social media in recent years.
Individual and societal behavioural changes have had an impact on food security and nutrition situation that requires additional attention to combating malnutrition in all its forms, as they pose threats to public health and Cambodia’s economic growth. Yim Chhay Ly, chairman of the
The Ministry of Health and civil society organisations (CSOs) are working together to provide micronutrient supplements to pregnant women in the Kingdom to meet their needs during pregnancy and lactation amid the breastfeeding period.
The Ministry of Health and nutritional institutions have expressed concern about a decline in breastfeeding that corresponds to an increase in the number of women in formal employment, and urged companies to establish more facilities for breastfeeding mothers.
The Ministry of Health urged public and private institutions throughout the country to establish facilities for breastfeeding mothers and child nurseries so that they can continue breastfeeding when returning to work.