{"id":7074,"date":"2023-05-05T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.ciomal.org\/2023\/05\/05\/looking-ahead-25-years-of-dedicated-service-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:43:27","slug":"looking-ahead-25-years-of-dedicated-service-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciomal.org\/en\/looking-ahead-25-years-of-dedicated-service-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead – 25 years of dedicated service"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As announced several months ago, the KKLRC rehabilitation center in Phnom Penh has closed its doors at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Thanks to the strong partnership between the CIOMAL Foundation and the government, the issue of leprosy is particularly well managed and all patients have been transferred to state health centers.<\/p>\n

The important transfer of capacities put in place upstream has allowed awareness activities, detection campaigns and training of medical personnel to continue; they are coordinated by teams trained by the CIOMAL Foundation. In fact, two doctors from these squads now provide consultations in the new 8-bed clinic built in partnership with the National Leprosy Control Program. <\/p>\n

At the same time, mobile units continue to crisscross the country to identify new cases of leprosy and provide patients with appropriate treatment. In accordance with new WHO guidelines, communities are given prophylactic treatment to control the disease in the most affected areas. Thanks to these regular visits, the teams can also set up urgent projects, such as the construction of houses or simply toilets, as well as provide economic support through scholarships, for example. <\/p>\n

2020: more than 11 consultations per day<\/h5>\n

This year 2020 has shown, if it were still necessary, the know-how of the teams trained by the CIOMAL Foundation: nearly 4’400 people came to consult the KKLRC center, both for dermatological and more general reasons. These visits allowed the detection of 15 new cases of leprosy and their immediate treatment; some patients were even able to undergo surgery on the spot, within a short time, which will ensure a better convalescence. <\/p>\n

Early detection and prophylaxis<\/h5>\n

During the five detection campaigns conducted in Cambodia in 2020, 13 new cases of leprosy were detected.<\/p>\n

This low rate is certainly attributable to three factors:<\/p>\n