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  • Piseth 4:12 pm on September 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Road Crashes Spike Dramatically during Pchum Ben Holidays according to Road Traffic Accidents and Victim Information System (RTAVIS) statistics 

    During the annual Pchum Ben Festival, road crashes and casualties on the roads of Cambodia increase dramatically as families hit the roads to return to their home provinces to celebrate this important festival.

    According to Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System (RTAVIS) report, during the seven-day Pchum Ben travel period in 2007, 48 people died and 889 others were injured by road crashes in Cambodia.  By comparison, an average of 26 died and 383 injured weekly throughout the calendar year.  Similar trends were also apparent during the 2005 and 2006 Pchum Ben Festivals.

    The report highlights that 45% of all casualties during Pchum Ben were involved in speed-related crashes, followed by dangerous overtaking at 19%, and drink-driving at 14%. Low helmet wearing rates also account for the high percentage of head trauma casualties during the Festival’s travel period. 39% percent of motorbike users suffered head injuries in crashes; 96% of those were not wearing helmets.  National roads are particularly deadly with the increased volume of traffic.  National Roads #5 and #6 in particular have the highest accident and casualty rates over Pchum Ben 2007.

    The seven-day Pchum Ben travel period for 2008 runs from Friday September 26th to Thursday October 2nd, 2008.

    Handicap International Belgium would like to urge all road users in Cambodia to drive carefully during this festival period, particularly to reduce speed, avoid alcohol when planning to drive and to wear helmets.  It is worth remembering that drivers who speed or drink drive put everyone on the road at risk.  All motorcycle drivers and passengers should wear helmets and ensure that they are fastened properly to avoid serious head injury.    Passenger overloading on public transport should also be avoided.

    Furthermore, Handicap International Belgium would like to urge the national traffic police to enforce the traffic law during the Pchum Ben festival in order to reduce the large number of crashes and casualties throughout this travel period

    To raise awareness on risky driving behavior and the importance of road safety during the Pchum Ben festival, Handicap International Belgium will be running public education campaigns on television, radio and the internet.  Street-level activities will also be conducted targeting the general public around taxi stations, markets and on selected Phnom Penh roads from September 24th to 26th.

     

    • Khmer Blog 11:42 pm on September 26, 2008 Permalink

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    • sophonrith em 4:28 pm on October 2, 2008 Permalink

      thanks, for your advise….concerns about traffic in Cambodia….in fact, on 01 September 2008, the last Pchum Ben holiday, a traffic jam on the 6th national road…

    • Piseth 4:36 pm on October 2, 2008 Permalink

      I still saw many road accidents during this Pchum Ben holidays. Lucky that i weren’t in that traffic jam.

    • Khmer star 5:06 pm on October 2, 2008 Permalink

      The road accident happening is because of the carelessness of human being. They drive carelessly and high speed. According to recent report of road accident this year, the number of accident is decreasing more than the previous year.

    • Motorbike helmets 1:16 am on May 12, 2009 Permalink

      I completely agree 100%. Most of the accidents are cause by carelessness and reckless driver. Stay focus is the key to avoid all that.

  • Piseth 4:59 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Thanks God, It's Friday 

     

    • angkor138 2:48 am on September 20, 2008 Permalink

      piseth;
      Hope yu have a wonderful week-end.

      Week-end, for me, is the the 1st day of my working week [Sat - Tuesday].

      Will come back for more reading

    • chharda 9:46 am on September 22, 2008 Permalink

      i think ur friday is good but me stay home oh boring dal kor my dear euy

    • Chamroeun 2:17 pm on September 22, 2008 Permalink

      So great, Thank God

  • Piseth 4:07 pm on September 18, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    Learn to Cook Healthy Food 

    When I first discovered Samahria Ramsen’s “Romancing the Stove” recipes I felt tremendously empowered...It is good to learn to cook the healthly food so whenever you hungry you can make your own favorite healthly food at all time. I just feel like lazy to learn sometime but desire to eat the good food which everyone wants it too. ;)

    In Cambodia, we have many different type of food which most of them are my favorite. According to my observation most cambodian can cook food since they learn to cook it since they are young age from their family members. Eating good food is good for our physical health.

     

    • angkor138 3:46 am on September 19, 2008 Permalink

      Home cooked meal is much safer than those in restaurant and food stalled in public places, of course, is more tasty if the right spices and method of cooking is done right.

      Cambodia has veriety of fresh vegetables and meats which make cooking much more easy.

      Healthy eating and regular exercise can help us a lot in term of physical well being and avoid certain element illness cause by junk food which tends to put us on heavy side of the scale [gain or over weight - causing diebetes, hypertension Etc..]

      Just out side the note, can you suggest me any web hosting as I plan to have a private web site rather than using the free one

    • Piseth 11:49 am on September 19, 2008 Permalink

      Well, talking about fresh vegetable then it is my favorite. My eating time is very regular except when i travel. Doing exercise is not what i can do regularly at all. Hope to improve it better.

  • Piseth 1:08 pm on September 18, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Infected Injuries Biggest Health Problem 

    My OwieWhat are infected injuries? When we are talking about infected injury it seems too broad to say. From wikipedia we can find some definition to the infectected injury like AIDS, Herpes simplex, Tracheobronchial injury, reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerou occurrences regulations, feline leukemia virus, sphaeopis blight, sexually transmitted disease, hepatitis A, ebola, and Traaumatic brain injury…etc.

    It is like in this case during the earthquake and tsunami, there were many injured.

    Broken bones and infected wounds are the biggest health problems facing staff in overflowing hospitals in Indonesia’s shattered Aceh province, United Nations officials said.Doctors..we don´t need doctors!

    The emergency aid and the right treament is very important for such problem.

    Source: Infected injuries biggest health problem

     

    • icebreaker 4:00 pm on September 18, 2008 Permalink

      scary topic! :(

    • Piseth 4:29 pm on September 18, 2008 Permalink

      When i look at the finger on the picture it reminded me when i was young i used to cut my figure badly.

    • angkor138 3:51 am on September 19, 2008 Permalink

      The type of wounds shown in the pictures above are just a normal wounds which can be treated by using alchol swap to clean the area and apply band aide to cover the wound.

  • Piseth 11:44 am on September 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Solution to Stiff Neck Pain 

    Stiff neck is the problem where hurting your neck between the head and the shoulder. Stiff neck sometime can cause the headache as well, but not always.

    When it happens to you, you should find the right treatment where it is not suppose to get hurt in somewhere else on your body. I often get exhausted if i have this problem. Stiff neck pain might related to Back Pain too.

    Source: Stiff NeckPain

     

    • angkor138 4:41 am on September 18, 2008 Permalink

      Common stiff neck is caused by the muscles surronding the neck inflamed or cramped, could be relived through some form of soft approach massage around the neck and shoulder area.

      Serious stiff neck problem may cause by the neck bones [out off alignment or squashing of spinal nerves[s].

      Not many case of lower back [L1 to L5] pain casuing the stiff neck. Back pain can be relieved by certain stretching exercise and gentle gym work as part of rehabilitaion to build up back and stomach muscles. At the same time people with back pain shall aware of their movement when doing manual handling such as lifting, bending and pushing an object.

    • Piseth 9:51 am on September 18, 2008 Permalink

      I just feel like it happens to me very often recently. And thanks for your advice on this issue angkor138. I hope it will improve being more healthier. :)

    • angkor138 10:35 am on September 18, 2008 Permalink

      piseth;
      You’re welcome.

      Hope some form of soft massage will help you.

  • Piseth 6:47 pm on September 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Rice farmers facing inflation – Life in the Fine Arts School 

    Please find the attached release for the upcoming Equity Weekly Show, broadcast every Sunday at 8h00 PM on National Television T.V.K. and rebroadcast on Mondays at Noon.

    Rice farmers facing inflation: How much does it cost to be a rice farmer in today’s Cambodia?

    Life in the Fine Arts School: Three years after relocation, what does the new location have to offer?

    Source – Equitycam

     

  • Piseth 1:35 pm on September 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    Schools to Adopt National Anti-Smoking Curriculum 

    Official hope that highlighling the risks of smoking at a young age will keep children from ever starting.

    By May Titthara,

    The Phnom Penh Post, Septeber 12, 2008

    A program by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport warning of the dangers of smoking cigarettes will soon be part of the national school curriculum, officials told the Post Thursday.

    “Cigarettes share similar properties with opium,” said Ton Sa Im, director of the ministry’s Pedagogy Research Department. “Smokers have difficulties in quitting smoking, even though it seriously damages their health and that of anyone near them.”

    She said the ministry is currently updating textbooks for primary and secondary schools, targeting biology and social studies lessons. “We want students to know the dangers of smoking and avoid starting,” she said. She said the curriculum will specifically target secondary students, as smoking rates among this age group are most worrying to government officials. Krisna Keo, project manager for the Adventis Development and Relief Agency Cambodia, said he hopes the school porgram will prevent young people from ever starting to smoke.

    “We want students to know the dangers of smoking and avoid starting.”

    “Some 7.9 percent of children aged 13 to 15 years smoke cigarettes everyday,” he said, adding that one percent of that number are girls. He said 53.9 percent of all Cambodians smoke cigarettes, of which nine percent are female. “They smoke because tobacco companies advertise on television and radio,” Krisna Keo said. “They sponsor concerts and promote their products by giving away free samples and telling young poeple they will look handsome if they smoke.”

    Krisna Keo said many children also suffer because they live in households where family members smoke. They learn by example or sufer the effects of second-hand smoke. “Children should know about the health problems they are liekly to suffer if they decide to start smoking, including lung cancer and manage to their blood vessels,” he said.

    He said tobacco companies should be prohibited from advertising in print or broadcasting media and the government should impose anti-smoking laws in public spaces.

    Meth Rina, 36, a teacher at Tuol Sleng primary school, said the new curriculum could have a big impact on her studnets. “Younger people will be less likely to start smokimng because teachers will explain the serious health risks,” she said.

    Some 5.4 million people die each year from smoking-related disease, according to the World Health Organization. That figure could reach 8.3 million by the year 2030. About 80 percent of those deaths occur in developing counties suffering from extreme poverty, according to WHO estimates.

     

    • angkor138 5:23 pm on September 12, 2008 Permalink

      It’s good to hear that school will adopt anti-smoking as part of curriculum.

      The question is how effective would it be in term of persuading young people not to fall into trap of bad habit [easy to hook on but hard to quit], which will damage their health [smoking related lung and heart disease are most common, vein disorder - gangrene] and cuase financial burden to self and family [family budget] if cigarette companies are able freely advertised on the street, sponsored an event or concert, and seller failure to ask if the person is over 18 years old.

      Most students did not smoke at school or at home but in public areas, on an outing with friends and away from their parents.

      At the same time people shall educate about passive smoker[s] who is most vulnerable to conceive smkoe related disease than smokers themselves.

      The question is how to protect passive smoker, shall smoking be banned in all enclosed areas? [aircon room, within the vacinity of restaurant, pubs, night club Etc..]

    • Piseth 6:53 pm on September 12, 2008 Permalink

      I personally don’t like the smoke that come out from the cigarette but i have a pity for those who smoke. Smoking is the learning process who without getting information or seeing other people the young people or children will not learn to smoke.

      Basically speaking, banning not to smoke is the best way. Of course this policy will affect many businesses and people. But it is good for the world.

    • angkor138 3:50 am on September 13, 2008 Permalink

      Can’t see the world as a “Free Smoke” zone for fact that many country in the world has benefits from cigarette in terms of state coffer through tax and levy and is said to inject into health care system or medical research. But one consencious agreement is to ban cigarette from Advertising in public, carry health warning label.

    • Sochivy 9:03 pm on October 3, 2008 Permalink

      Hi Piseth!
      could you put my site address on your website.
      because I put your address on my site already.
      we share together.
      and receive your reply soon.
      thank.
      Bless you!

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