Health in Cambodia

  • Shock and Anger in Cambodian Village Struck With H.I.V.

    CAMBODIA, 2015/01/22 ROKA, Cambodia — Frail and depressed next her diagnosis, Chem Mao decided to take her life by climbing a mango tree in her backyard, fastening one end of a rope around a sturdy branch and the other around her neck, and jumping. As she shuffled weakly beside her cinder-block home toward her family’s small orchard she saw her grandchildren playing nearby and relented, collapsing into tears. “I didn’t have enough strength to get up the tree,” she said. “Maybe I’ll try again an extra time.”