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.
Source: Yahoo.news http://in.news.yahoo.com/us-35-mn-cambodia-163900462.html
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