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"The visible success of ART treatment program in Cambodia is due to close collaboration with AHF and many other partners. We are pleased that AHF continues to steadfastly support expansion of ART clinics and we hope that this partnership will grow even stronger in the years to come," Dr. Mean Chhi Vun, Director NCHADS, and Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Cambodia, expressed his gratitude to AHF for standing alongside NCHADS and the people of Cambodia to help bring lifesaving services to its people. He added that, "NCHADS needs more involvement of AHF and other organization for sustained success in battling HIVAIDS in Cambodia and together, we will make greater positive changes for people of Cambodia."

"We are grateful to AHF/NCHADS for opening life saving ART program for the people of Pea Reang. This is the answer to the needs of PLHAs and we know that this will change the lives of many people for the better," said Mr. Ouk Oeurn, Prey Veng Province Health Deputy Director. "We will provide all necessary local support to make it a successful program."

"Following the recommendation of NCHADS officials, an assessment of the Pea Reang Operational District was conducted in early 2007 by both AHF and NCHADS, which concluded that there was an urgent need for an antiretroviral treatment clinic in the district," said Dr. Chhim Sarath, AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Country Program Manager for Cambodia. "As a result, a mutual commitment was made to open a treatment facility. Clinical staff at Pea Reang were selected and trained in the delivery of ART; PLHA counselors were selected & trained; and we identified & renovated a facility at the Referral Hospital to operate the ART clinic in, including building space for monthly PLHA self-help group meetings. So far, around one hundred PLHAs have identified themselves to us and
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