News stories by Vincent MacIsaac

PHNOM PENH, Sep 13 (IPS) - Public health experts in Cambodia are unenthused by reports of trials for a dengue vaccine conducted in neighbouring Thailand, saying it will be too costly for those who need it most – children in the least developed and developing countries.

PHNOM PENH, Jul 19 (IPS) - Parents wait anxiously outside a Phnom Penh hospital. Credit: Mike Hodgkinson/IPS

Health experts are blaming high malnutrition levels for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that has killed more than 54 children in impoverished Cambodia since April.