The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)responds to adolescents in the context of their overall life situation, supporting activities that address their holistic well-being and help achieve their full potential. UNFPA recognizes that young people's education, health and life opportunities will determine the world's economic and social prospects in the 21st century.

Thanks also go to all the representatives of local NGOs who attended the workshop and demonstrated their dedication to a more effective response to HIV and AIDS in Cambodia.

Three main types of interventions were explored: two alternative interventions for improving the quality of health services, three interventions that improve access to services by the poor, and twelve that target health problems that burden the poor relatively more.

Total and marginal unit costs per capita were estimated by reviewing existing studies of interventions in Cambodia and in other countries with similar health and socioeconomic environments.  Where it was relevant, previous efforts to cost interventions and programs were reviewed in detail and some data extrapolated from these.  

The main mode of HIV transmission in Cambodia is heterosexual contact between sex workers and their clients who further spread the disease to housewives and the newborn.

Although many interventions are implemented to prevent heterosexual transmission of HIV in Cambodia, the rapid spread still continues to increase. The effective control of HIV seems to rely on the prevention of HIV spreading between sex workers and their clients. Thus it is recommended that the policy to promote 100% condom use in sex establishments should be
considered for implementation in Cambodia. It is feasible to conduct the 100% condom-use project in one province of Cambodia, the results of which can be use for nationwide expansion of the policy.