Health seeking behaviour and impact of health financing policy on household financial protection in post conflict Cambodia: A life history approach

1.1 Country story Cambodia experienced over two decades of conflict. Cambodia was in the front line of the Cold War, drawn into the Vietnamese war in the late 1960s, followed by civil war and genocide between 1970-1989. The people carried a heavy burden as a result: more than 3 million dead, nearly two million people displaced, and the economy, society and health system broken. The Paris Peace Accords in October 1991 gave the country the opportunity to rebuild although outbreaks of violence still continued between the government and Khmer Rouge troops and true peace was not achieved until Pol Pot died in 1998.