Hypertension in the Developing World: The View from Cambodia
As people in the developing world live longer, eat more and exercise less, high blood pressure is on the rise. What does that mean to a country like Cambodia?
As people in the developing world live longer, eat more and exercise less, high blood pressure is on the rise. What does that mean to a country like Cambodia?
People in developing countries could cut their risk of diabetes by switching from white rice to brown rice. Turns out that’s easier said than done.
"Western" diseases such as heart attacks, diabetes, and hypertension hit poor countries, too, but you don't hear much about them. One challenge: making the story interesting.
The good news is that people in Cambodia are living longer. The bad news is they're getting chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Finding treatment is extremely difficult.
Guilford Student Fellow Keyla Beebe reflects on the killing of Wutty Chut, an environmental activist who opposed deforestation in Cambodia.
In Cambodia local human rights and environmental groups protest both illegal and legal logging that is fueled by government-granted “economic land concessions.”
A country with one of the worst deforestation rates in the world, Cambodia finds its forests depleted due in part to its population's reliance on wood fuel—and charcoal—as the main source of energy.
In Cambodia, the Aoral Wildlife Sanctuary is in danger of deforestation. Local villagers, who use and sell timber for a living, are forming volunteer groups to protect the land from illegal logging.
A system of legal deforestation in Cambodia may provide jobs and infrastructure, but the long-term environmental consequences could be devastating.
In Cambodia and Burma, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens says two female leaders embody the region's hopes for democratic reform: Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Cambodia's Mu Sochua.