Summary (English)

During the last two years, discussions have been initiated between GRET (French NGO) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) on the relevance of introducing social health insurance for the garment sector.

From these discussions GRET and GMAC have agreed that setting-up a health insurance scheme for salaried workers could provide an adequate solution to address the needs of both the workers (improve health status and reduce vulnerability and hardship in case of illness) and the employers (healthy workforce improves productivity).

It would also greatly contribute to the preparation of the health component of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) due to start in 2010/2011.