In June, the kingdom became the first country in Asia and the Pacific to reach the global HIV treatment targets. Yet almost one in two new infections involves someone aged 15 to 24. And what young people know about the virus is slipping.

At the Kep West Wellness Center, the facial starts in the kitchen rather than a jar. Mango for vitamin C, pressed cucumber for the tonic, yogurt, a little lavender. Sam Taroth has already tried yoga and massage here. This time she hands her face to Mao Sophear, the center's Senior Spa Therapist.

Cambodian professor Ky Santy looks back on 27 years at Kantha Bopha, from his hiring by Dr Beat Richner in 1995 to the rise of high-quality paediatric care in Cambodia.

One day she decided to change course completely. She closed her bar, the Mezze, in Siem Reap and opened a relaxation and care centre in her small village, away from prying eyes and the bustle of the town. Kim Chun is the founder of Sra Thnam, a range of cosmetics and food supplements.

From 18 to 20 September 2026, Kep West Wellness turns the pier, the garden and the dining rooms of Knai Bang Chatt into a single, unhurried invitation: come and remember what it feels like to have nothing to do but breathe, move and eat well by the sea.

Since joining Ucare Pharmacy, Sophie has moved from community pharmacy practice into training, digital communication and network development, helping build the professional development backbone of Cambodia's leading pharmacy chain.

Cambodian Reaksmey Chhorpon achieved a dream that once seemed impossible. She wanted to become a scientist. Today, as founder of HathKal Lab, she uses chemical engineering to turn Cambodian crops into a range of pure essential oils.

A photo, snapped hastily from the doorway, posted minutes later in a local Facebook group: “Does anyone know what this is? It's in my garden, I don't know what to do.” In Siem Reap, as elsewhere in Cambodia, this scene repeats itself almost daily during the rainy season.

A painkiller that isn't one. An antimalarial with no active ingredient. An antidiabetic drug sold on Facebook, with no authorisation and no oversight. In Cambodia, the fake medicine trade never truly disappeared — it just moved, from market stalls to social media. Figures, recent seizures, the state's response: a look at a public health threat that hits patients directly.

A betel leaf, a sliver of areca nut, a touch of lime paste. Nothing could look simpler — and yet this small bundle has accompanied Cambodians for generations, from the neighbourhood market to the most codified wedding ceremonies. From Cambodia to Vietnam, by way of Taiwan and southern China, betel chewing tells a story shared across a large part of Asia — and not quite the one people usually imagine.

A study published in Advances in Public Health offers the most detailed portrait yet of tobacco use among Cambodian men, revealing deep geographic and social disparities — and a tight link with alcohol.

An international relations student at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, passionate about Japan since middle school and a walker of the Shikoku pilgrimage, Cassandre Mariotto came to Cambodia for her final internship at Mintha Care, where she led the company’s CSR projects. Between discovering the country, gaining self-confidence, and a clear-eyed look at inequality, she talks to Cambodge Mag about this Cambodian chapter of her journey.

Long before imported creams and Phnom Penh's crowded cosmetics aisles, there was the garden, the market and the kitchen. Turmeric, lemongrass, tamarind, kaffir lime leaves: Cambodian women have drawn for generations on a pantry of local plants to protect their skin from the tropical climate. A look at a few Khmer beauty recipes — simple, natural, and still very much in use today.

East of the Mekong, in the red hills of Mondulkiri, lives Cambodia's largest indigenous community. The Bunong never had a “spa-ready” medicine to sell to tourists — they have a survival pharmacopoeia, passed down in a low voice, one that scientific research is only now beginning to touch.

Inscribed on palm-leaf manuscripts in the Pali language, encoded in the stonework of Angkor's temples, passed down from generation to generation by the Kru Khmer healers, traditional Khmer medicine stands as one of the great medical traditions of Southeast Asia.

The Institut Pasteur of Cambodia outlines the contours of its public health of tomorrow Meeting at its Annual Liaison Council on June 19, 2026, the Institut Pasteur of Cambodia presented a strong review of its activities and expressed renewed ambitions in response to regional health challenges.

Take a French perfume house founded more than 160 years ago on Rue Saint-Honoré. Add a French importer, a French distributor, a hotel owned by a French group—and crown it all with the most charming and dynamic influencers in the Kingdom. The recipe for a successful launch, Phnom Penh version.

There are streets in Phnom Penh that tell the story of a city. Street 360, in the Tuol Sleng district, is one of them. For many visitors, the neighborhood is inseparable from the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a place of remembrance that preserves one of the most significant chapters of Cambodia’s history.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) Breakfast Talk: Financing Digital Health — Building the Financing Stack for Digital Care today, bringing together leaders from Cambodia’s healthcare, insurance, banking, and government sectors to explore how digital health can be financed in ways that are commercially viable and scalable.

These days, tropical fruit is available in almost every supermarket, but there's nothing like enjoying fresh fruit, not only for pleasure...

The health and sports landscape in Cambodia is about to experience a major turning point with the exceptional arrival of Stéphane André. A Franco-Canadian expert with over 25 years of international experience, Mr. André is an indispensable reference in the field of rehabilitation, prevention, and treatment of chronic pain and back pain.

For the second time this year, the Bioderma Solidary Missions team has taken over the corridors of the Happy Chandara campus in Cambodia. A discreet but deeply human presence, serving 1,700 young girls who are learning to build their future.

In one generation, Cambodian life expectancy has nearly doubled. Behind this modest figure lies one of the most remarkable national resurrections in modern history.

In Kampot province, a community center is working to mend the bodies and souls of those who survived the Khmer Rouge hell. Half a century after the genocide, the wounds remain — and the memory is more urgent than ever.