School Health Development Project for All Cambodian ChildrenVol. 3
Issued date: August 19, 2021

Greeting from Vice President, Tokyo Gakugei University
My fellow Educators,
My name is Keiichi KAWATE, Vice president of International Relations atTokyo Gakugei University (TGU). I am delighted to welcome you to the 4th
School Health Lecture Training Program.
This program is the result of hard work by many individuals and organizations
in both Cambodia and Japan. In Cambodia, we would like to thank the Ministryof Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), Dr. SET Seng and Dr. SAM Chanphirunof the Phnom Penh Teacher Education College (PTEC), Dr. BIN Chhom and Ms.
Prof. Keiichi KAWATE TEP Vandy of the Battambang Teacher Education College (BTEC), and manyothers. In Japan, we received tremendous support from the Nippon
Vice Director,Tokyo Gakugei University Foundation, while Dr. ASAKURA of TGU led the concerted effort of those at theCambodia Office as well as other participating universities in Japan. On behalfof Tokyo Gakugei University, I would like to express my sincere respect anddeepest appreciation to those and many other members for their dedicatedefforts, without which the program would not have been possible.
As you all know, the world is in the middle of a global COVID-19 pandemic. While the novel coronavirustransformed how we think and live throughout the world, it also reminded us of the importance ofpublic health. To establish public health, the School Health Training promoted in this program will playa key role in school education. I wish everyone the best of luck for a successful and fruitful project.

School Health 4th Training Report(Yuuka MASUKO, THAY Sokheng)

School Health 4th Training was held on 28th and 29th June 2021. Participants from Cambodia are 16
lecturers and management team from Teacher Education College (TEC) in Phnom Penh andBattambang. The topics are “Human Anatomy and Physiology” and “Personal Hygiene and Cleanlinessof environment around us”. The training was conducted by Japanese professors through online. Bothof the topics are important for health education and participants had active discussions to understandby themselves. It was good time to learn new knowledge about school health for Cambodian
lecturers, also sharing experiences about health topics through group work. With each training
session, We feel that the participants have become closer and there was an atmosphere of working
towards the same goal.

Voice from Cambodian lecturers

Phnom Penh Office
Mr. SREY Khivsokhom
BTEC

Ms. LOK Solinda
PTEC
The School Health training was not only fun toattend, but I also got to know all the participants
through group work. I would like to continue tolearn more about lifestyle, exercise, diet and otherpractical aspects of health.

The content of the document of this training was clear.
I also liked the Japanese professors' clear explanationsof our questions. Even though the training was online,
I found it interesting. I hope School Health Training willcontinue to share useful materials for teaching.

Picture Story Show (PSS)
In the 4th training, a trial of a school health lesson using a Picture
Story Show (PSS) was showed to audiences. The lesson was conductedby Ms. CHHOM Kunthy from PTEC who is involved in PSS project teamat NGO Kizuna, which develops PSS as a teaching material for SchoolHealth. The topic of “Human Anatomy and Physiology”, the same as
one of the training topics. The teacher read out the script using voiceacting as if she were playing it for the children, the participating
lecturers answered the teacher's questions like children. It was a very
enjoyable class with a new type of material.

Ask NGO Kizuna - What is Picture Story Show?

Mr. Tadanori TAKADA

Secretary General ofEducation Support Center
KizunaPicture Story Show (PSS) is Japanese traditional entertainment tool for kids, it was
popular before the advent of television. We can enjoy PSS by eyes and ears, andas it does not require electricity, it can be shown anywhere even in remote area.
School Health is a new subject not only for students but also for teachers because
there are no trained School Health teachers in Cambodia. For students, using thematerial they see and listen is memorable and, above all, fun. For teachers, PSS isa teaching and “learning” material at the same time because teachers getknowledge and learn about School Health from PSS. We think PSS is a suitablematerial for School Health education in Cambodia.

International Division Staff, Tokyo Gakugei University
The international division is in charge of the secretariat for the School Health Project. Mainly,
Mr. ONO and Ms. IZUMI support this project. Although there might be fewer chances to see them inperson, please remember their name!

Akihiro ONO

Vice Manager, International Division
I’ll continue to do my best to support theschool health project as the secretariat.

Makiko IZUMIStaff, International Division
It is my pleasure that I support this project. I lookforward to seeing you in Japan and Cambodia.

Project’s Student Supporters
This school health project is supported by TGU student supporters. Their main tasks are to checkthe textbook content to make it easier to understand and also to make the review test for each chapter.
They sometimes exchange opinions with international students from Cambodia. After the pandemic willsettle down, they will go on a field trip to Cambodia. In the last newsletter, Akari and Aoi introduced
themselves and the reason why they want to be a Yogo teacher (school nurse/health care teacher). Here,
two new members, Kokone and Yuuka are introducing themselves.

Kokone KONO First-year college student

I joined this project because I’m interested in Asian cultures, such as traditional
costumes, food, building, and art. That’s why I really want to visit Angkor Wat,Angkor Thom, and local markets when I go to Cambodia!

Yuuka OHTSUKI First-year college student

If I go to Cambodia, I want to see famous temples and buy souvenirs. I will try tolearn Khmer as much as possible so that I can communicate with Cambodians.

Global inequity of COVID-19 vaccination(Haruka SUZUKI)The COVID-19 vaccination is proceeding thorough the world. According to Our World in Data[1],30.8% of the world population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and almost half ofthem are fully vaccinated. In the case of Cambodia, 52% of population have received at least one doseof any vaccine and almost four-fifth of them are fully vaccinated.
Vaccines should be allocated equally across all countries, regardless of their developmental oreconomic status. However, the serious gaps actually happen between countries. It is said that only 1.2% of population living in low-income countries have received at least one dose. Fig.1 shows the share ofpeople vaccinated against COVID-19 by region. You can see that the rate of Africa is quite low comparedto other regions.
The one of reasons for vaccine
inequity is because that countries
that developed COVID-19 vaccine
prioritized the supply of vaccines totheir own countries. Countries that
don’t have enough financial
resource can’t get vaccines. Even if
Internship at TGU
they get vaccines, countries don’t
have any system to provide
vaccines can’t proceed vaccination.
Source: Our World in Data, August 12, 2021

Vaccine inequity could make it difficult to end the pandemic because we can’t control the newvariants effectively. It also has serious impact on global economic recovery, especially socio-economic
activity in low-income countries[2].
To supply vaccines to all countries, COVAX(COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access) has begun. COVAX isthe equitable vaccine supply operation led by Gavi, CEPI and WHO in partnership with UNICEF.
Cambodia is among the first countries in the Western Pacific Region to receive vaccines from COVAX.
Cambodia is expected to receive about 7 million doses through COVAX[3].
Source[1] Our World in Data: Statistics and Research Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations, Access: August 12, 2021
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations[2] WHO: Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery, Access: August 15, 2021
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-07-2021-vaccine-inequity-undermining-global-economic-recovery[3] WHO: Cambodia among first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX facility, Access: August 15, 2021
https://www.who.int/cambodia/news/detail/03-03-2021-cambodia-among-first-countries-to-receive-covid-19-vaccines-from-covax-facility[4] UNICEF: First of 1 million new doses of COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in Japan arrive in Cambodia through COVAX, Access: August 15, 2021
https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/press-releases/first-1-million-new-doses-covid-19-vaccine-manufactured-japan-arrive-cambodia