AID grant no. ANE-0102-G-00-1031-00 to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. to provide resources that will decrease and address infant/child mortality rates, illnesses and malnutrition in Cambodia

IRC will establish two 3-person mobile medical teams, consisting of a physician or physician"s assistant and two nurses, that will make periodic visits to community health centers throughout the province. In addition to providing emergency medical care and referrals to clinics for follow-up care, the teams will train local medical practitioners to accompany them on their rounds and to provide medical care in their absence. Public health will also be strengthened by the formation of two 3-person teams, consisting of two public health/community health education specialists and a rural sanitation/environmental engineer, who will work with various communities for several months at a time. The public health teams will be responsible for recruiting local public health, community health education, and sanitation personnel and training them in: digging and maintaining wells; constructing and maintaining latrines; disease transmission and its prevention; immunization; epidemiological record keeping; and referral resources and procedures. The public health teams will also recruit and train community health worker teams and traditional birth attendants and midwives.