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- One in seven Cambodian children dies before age five – most often from preventable, treatable, and curable conditions.
- AHC provides free, comprehensive pediatric medical care. As of 2007 nearly 500,000 children have received treatment at AHC.
- AHC is an officially recognized teaching hospital training hundreds of Cambodian health workers each year, helping to rebuild Cambodia’s devastated health system.
- AHC provides outreach services, specialized care for children with HIV/AIDS, and extensive health education to children and families.
- Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP) works directly with communities teaching basic nutrition, agriculture, and illness prevention. CBHEP also helps provide clean water to rural communities through the Pure Water and Literacy for Cambodian Villages Project.
- Dedicated to sustainable and environmentally-friendly development, AHC purses green architecture and clean technologies wherever possible. AHC’s Visitor Center, scheduled to open in 2008, was designed through the generosity of Cook + fox, on of the world’s leading green architectural firms.
- AHC is planning a Satellite Program to bring the same comprehensive, quality, and loving pediatric care to government hospitals in rural areas throughout Cambodia.
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