Summary of publication

Policy Paper developed by the DFAT Partnering to Save Lives program (short and long version). Transportation plays a vital role in determining access to reproductive, maternal and newborn health (RMNH) services for the poorest. Women from remote areas experience high transportation costs, long travel distance, greater travel time, and challenging geographical terrain, in addition to associated opportunity costs. This policy paper affirms the need to address the issue of transportation as a critical barrier for low-income groups to accessing RMNH services in the four northeast provinces of Cambodia: Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanak Kiri and Mondul Kiri. It also highlights these that have proven successful in Cambodia and provides recommendations that can complement existing mechanisms in hard to reach communities.

Full publication

• Policy brief: Out of reach? The critical barrier of transportation to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services for vulnerable women in northeast Cambodia [PDF 341 KB]
• women in northeast Cambodia">Policy paper: Out of reach? The critical barrier of transportation to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services for vulnerable
  women in northeast Cambodia [PDF 402 KB]