“Home garden” for Primary health care well using
natural resource and human resource
Background
1. Traditional medicine (TM) public service isn’t
existing in Cambodia despite of existing
abundant natural resource and well used by
the people especially in the district area.
2. Not existing education system in country,
opportunity to share the accurate information
of TM with the people in community.
3. There is a risk of losing knowledge of
medicinal plants that have been carried in
from generation to generation into the
community.
Using of Modern Medicine and Traditional Medicine
16 villages more than 7km far from Health Center
94 villagers （Male 47 / Female 47）
Use only MM
0
2
2
10
0
4
3
13
1
4
5
12
1
3
1
1
10
13
12
8
10
1
11
1
5
8
3
3
6
Use only TM
2
5
18
17
18
10
11
22
First MM, next TM
1
4
1
2
1
6
1
4
14
17
10
11
2
1
18
12
4
4
33
33
72
53
52
58
57
51
53
49
44
45
12
45
54
1
3
16
1
9
1
52
70
3
5
2
5
6
14
37
32
72
60
17
1
1
1
0
2
6
22
9
54
68
2
5
17
2
6
1
2
5
7
1
3
7
24
13
74
4
2
30
51
80
2
2
Don't know
30
36
25
3
5
9
21
25
22
1
7
First TM, next MM
70
62
77
62
80
73
46
37
26
24
28
22
25
22
13
10
11
17
9
8
6
9
3
Activities
1. Established sample garden for the villager, and
students to learn local medicinal plants.
2. Workshop due to create network between
medical service provider, educator, parents and
students, traditional healer in the village through
sharing information of traditional medicine
1. Spread interest toward well using of traditional
medicine, and people in village to obtain an
opportunity of medicinal plant cultivation and
selling product.
Project background
Traditional Healer Training Project
2009 - 2013
Training for experienced practical healers
aim to promote PHC in remote area
Project background
Traditional Healer Training Project
342 graduates received certification
from Ministry of Health
Project background
Traditional Healer Training Project
Sites of School MP garden project
1.South area
1.Eastern area
1.Western area
Activities
85 sample medicinal plants from around the village
Activities
Medicinal plants for five major disease in village
Activities
2. Workshop for sharing information
of medicinal plants
Activities
Medicinal plants for five major disease in village
Activities
3. Campaign of filling up medicinal plants flower
Activities
3. Campaign of filling up medicinal plants flower
Selling income is used for water and electric fee for the
school
Activities
Sharing
National
experience
Centerwith
for Traditional
other traditional
Medicine
healers
At National Center of
Traditional Medicine
Outcome of School BG project
• Sustainable community-based participatory
TM service model aiming to promote PHC
• Collected local medicinal plants samples
• Strengthen the network between local healer,
medical suppliers and villagers
• Produced medicinal plants text
(sample garden, poster)