In the north-east of Cambodia, near the border with Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Mr Sython Makara, a 29-year-old primary care nurse, supports the health care needs of Cambodians living in 17 villages scattered across densely forested parts of Siem Pang district.
Based at the Siem Pang Health Centre in Phabang village, Mr Makara is working to reach isolated communities where difficult terrain and different ethnicities, languages and dialects remain as some of the barriers to eliminating malaria.
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