Chapter 9 PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE

The government of Cambodia does not have explicit objectives and goals in relation to adolescent reproductive health. It did not participate in the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994. However, the lack of policy was not attributable to this. Cambodia was engulfed in a highly destructive civil war for over three decades and it was only in the latter part of the last decade that peace and relative political stability returned. Another problem was the limited resources where budgetary allocation to public health was less than US$3 per capita. Much of the funding support for the public health sector came from NGOs and other bilateral and multilateral donors that supported the NGOs. B. NGO Programs and Strategies201 Three international NGOs were active in the field of adolescent reproductive health: CARE, Save the Children Fund (SCF) UK and Health Unlimited. Other international NGOs became involved as well. The EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia provided funding of about 4.5 million dollars for eight different programs. The international NGOs also worked to provide capacity building for a variety of local NGOs as discussed below. Other local NGOs involved in the field o