25th June, 2012
Xinhua
Web Editor: liuranran
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) on Monday released a bilingual handbook teaching
Cambodian journalists how to report news relevant to food security and
nutrition.
The Khmer and English guidebook highlighted the general concept of
food security and nutrition in simple language for journalists and
policy makers to understand, Anne Lemaistre, director of UNESCO in
Cambodia, said at the book releasing.
"The handbook will serve as an essential tool to help guide and
enhance the journalists' knowledge for accurate reporting and advocating
issues such as child mortality, children and women's health, nutrition
and food security," she said. "Also, it will allow policy makers to
access a wide variety of resources and information to guide them on key
issues and to lead them to important information sources."
Child malnutrition is one of the biggest health problems that
Cambodia is currently facing, according to the U.N.'s Fact-Sheet Report
for Cambodia in 2011. The country is among the 20 worst countries
globally for child malnutrition, estimating that malnutrition is
implicated in more than 6,400 Cambodian child deaths annually.
For the maternal nutrition, the report said that malnutrition is
considered the underlying cause in 20 percent of maternal deaths,
accounting for nearly 300 maternal deaths annually in Cambodia.
Speaking at the event, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said that
the handbook will partly contribute to help Cambodia in achieving the
Millennium Development Goals in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger,
reducing child mortality, and improving maternal health.
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