DEVELOPMENT: Cambodia Struggles to Reduce Maternal Deaths

Irwin Loy

PHNOM PENH, Jun 18 2010 (IPS) – For Chan Theary, a remote, mountainous stretch of land in western Cambodia encapsulates the uphill struggle this South-east Asian nation faces in reducing the alarming number of women who die during pregnancy.
Chan Theary, executive director of the Reproductive and Child Health Alliance, an NGO that supports a remote health centre in Cambodia. Credit: Irwin Loy/IPS

Chan Theary, executive director of the Reproductive and Child Health Alliance, an NGO that supports a remote hea…