COOPERATION FOR HEALTH
Cambodia has enjoyed high levels of financial support from the international community over the
last decade, where health and HIV have been priority sectors. Aid for health rose to US$199
million in 2010. The health sector in Cambodia has been described as complex and fragmented,
with at least 30 partners active in the sector and large numbers of NGOs. Cambodia’s mechanisms
for aid coordination have continued to expand and strengthened, and there is explicit
commitment to development effectiveness at the highest level of government as seen in the
monitoring of the Busan agenda implementation ., An effective Technical Working Group- Health
(TWG-H) with broad representation from government, multilateral and bilateral agencies, and
NGOs has been established For information sharing and policy discussion in the health sector .
The ‘Health Sector Support Programme’ (HSSP2) funded by the World Bank, Australia DFAT, DFID
and others, along with a partial pooled fund, supports the implementation of HSP2 especially
health systems strengthening and services delivery. HSSP2 resources account for about 20% of
donor funding for health in Cambodia, but key partners such as the Global Fund and the US are
not part of it. However, about half of the health aid to Cambodia is directed to HIV, TB and
malaria, and the bulk of support for the three diseases comes from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS
TB and Malaria (GFATM). Cambodia is a founding member of the International Health Partnership
(IHP+) and continues to participate in the initiative. There are 19 UN resident agencies in
Cambodia, forming the UN Country Team (UNCT). WHO is one of the largest and along with
UNICEF plays a lead role in health. In line with UN reform efforts, agencies are working to better
co-ordinate their support through the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), 2011-
2015, whereas the new UNDAF 2016-2018 roll-out is currently underway.