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The National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control formerly called National Malaria Centre (CNM), is a specialised institution set up by the Ministry of Health, to function as the nodal department responsible for the control of vector borne diseases. This includes investigation, training and supervision of health staff and other interventions. CNM co-ordinates four main programmes; malaria, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), filariasis and schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections.

Structure

CNM is organized into four programmes with a shared Administration, Planning Committee and Director.

Functions

The main functions of CNM are:

a) To provide technical assistance to the MoH for determining objectives and effective national strategy

b) To strengthen the institutional capacity at all levels,

c) To support the health system network for providing access to the population and to supervise program activities,

d) To define effective policy interventions,

e) To monitor and evaluate the program interventions,

f) To carry out operational research

g) To collaborate with national and international partners and donors.

Vision Statement:

CNM envisages a country where people live in a clean environment, adopt healthy lifestyles including practices that discourage mosquitoes and other vectors from causing a nuisance- such as sleeping under treated bed nets, where there may be vectors but no vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and filariasis exist, and even if cases do occur sporadically, they are promptly diagnosed and effectively treated.

Mission Statement:

It is our commitment to continuously empower through operational research, training and capacity development, all those involved in vector control at different levels in the country both in the public and private sectors, in relentlessly undertaking all possible and appropriate actions in order to ultimately eliminate and eradicate vector borne diseases in the country.

Goal:

To serve as an efficient and effective apex center of excellence for ultimately eliminating and eradicating from the country the common vector borne diseases.

Overall Aim of the CNM

To contribute to the improvement of the health status of the population of Cambodia through reduction in the morbidity and mortality of malaria, dengue fever, schistosomiasis, and other helminths, and elimination of filariasis.

Objectives:

1. To operate flexible enhanced programs that can deliver effective vector borne disease control within identified time spans.
2. To continuously keep a vigilant watch on the vector borne disease situation in the country and make appropriate policy, program and operational recommendations from time to time.
3. To carry out operational research studies the outcomes of which will directly feed back into program enhancement.
4. To contribute to the continuous capacity –building of all the institutions and personnel involved in vector borne disease control at all levels in the country.
5. To mobilize in time all the required resources including financial, from all possible sources, national and international, in order to control the vector borne diseases in the country.