ខ្ញុំសូមថ្លែងអំណរគុណចំពោះឯកឧត្តម លោកជំទាវ លោកស្រី ដែលបានអញ្ជើញចូលរួមជាមួយខ្ញុំ ដើម្បីប្រកាសដាក់ឲ្យដំណើរការនូវគម្រោង កម្ពុជាហាវែស II ។ គម្រោង Feed the Future គឺជាគំនិតផ្តួចផ្តើមរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ដើម្បីលុបបំបាត់ភាពអត់ខ្លានជាសកល និង​បង្កើនសន្តិសុខស្បៀងនៅលើពិភពលោក។ ភាពជោគជ័យនៃគម្រោង Feed the Future នាពេលកន្លង​មក គឺទទួលបានតាមរយៈភាពជាដៃគូរវាងប្រជាជន និងប្រទេសជាតិយើងទាំងពីរ។ ភាពជាដៃគូនេះនឹង​បន្ត​ពង្រឹងពង្រីកថែមទៀតតាមរយៈភាពរីកចម្រើនពិតប្រាកដ ដែលយើងកំពុងបំពេញដើម្បីកាត់បន្ថយ​ភាព​ក្រីក្រ និងភាពអត់ឃ្លានក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។

The One Health approach recognizes that the health of animals, humans, and the environment are all linked, and for this reason, confronting health threats requires collaboration across sectors. We need to improve our collaborative thinking. We need to reach across different sectors to help professors to teach and to encourage students to learn. We need to strengthen the connections between pre-service and in-service training. If we do these things, we have an exciting opportunity to change how Cambodian health professionals respond to zoonotic disease threats. We have the opportunity to change not only how faculty look at and teach about these disease threats, but to strengthen and improve the professional skills of the next generation of Cambodian health professionals. We have the opportunity to make a difference in Cambodia’s health security and the security of the Southeast Asia region.

I’m proud to note that under the USAID-supported Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab project, more than 130,000 children have benefitted from access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation facilities and the adoption of WASH and Menstrual Hygiene Management practices.

The Urban Management Centre has done outstanding work to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene, providing courses to more than 10,000 adolescent school girls and boys in schools and communities. Globally, girls continue to either drop out of school or miss days every month. This is one way in which we are helping to break the taboo.

At USAID, we take partnership very seriously and believe that it is part and parcel of how we operate in India.  Our mantra has been: “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to far, go together.”Over the past few years, we’ve worked with more than 100 organizations from the private sector where we co-fund and co-design programs to address development challenges in the area of maternal and child health, tuberculosis, energy, early literacy, WASH, and financial inclusion.