Phnom Penh: On the afternoon of September 1, 2026 in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, led a delegation to attend the “11th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities and the 2026 WHO Healthy Cities Recognition Awards” for efforts to improve road safety through the implementation of the project “Safe, Active and Health-Enhancing Transport: Promoting Health and Reducing Inequalities in Urban Mobility”.
Telling reporters from Sydney, Ms. Daw Samphors, spokesperson for the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration, stated that this year, Phnom Penh has received a great honor that the World Health Organization has evaluated and awarded the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration’s efforts under the leadership of Mr. Khuong Sreng, who has always paid the highest attention to promoting the well-being of the people by improving and building many physical infrastructures, strengthening the education and health systems at the local level, developing the traffic and transportation system by arranging public buses and preparing a master plan for transportation work, and minimizing the rate of accidents caused by non-communicable diseases to respond to the rapid growth of the population, transportation facilities, and urban construction. In Phnom Penh.
The spokesperson said that it is no coincidence that the efforts of the Phnom Penh Administration have been recognized and awarded by the World Organization. Under close cooperation with the Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC) Network from 2017 until today, the Phnom Penh Administration has collaborated to implement a number of major projects to improve the health and well-being of citizens. By reducing the incidence of non-communicable diseases, including: projects to promote well-being and food safety in educational institutions, projects to reduce accidents caused by drunk driving, and projects to eliminate cigarette smoke in tourist areas, pedestrian streets, etc. In initiating changes in people’s living habits, improving the social environment and reducing risks caused by non-communicable diseases, which effectively responded to the work of protecting the health and well-being of citizens in the Phnom Penh metropolitan area.
She said that in 2025, the Phnom Penh administration began to launch and pilot the project “Preparing Infrastructure and supporting facilities to improve the safety of local residents’ travel” by selecting two school areas: Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship School and Hun Sen Chak Angre Primary and High School, which are the gateways to Phnom Penh, with busy traffic conditions and easily pose risks to residents, teachers, and students in the area.
In implementing the above project, the Phnom Penh administration has focused on implementing Three major measures are: (1) Training and dissemination of road traffic laws to students and target citizens, (2) Improving infrastructure and equipping modern support equipment, including: installing traffic signs and markings, smart speed limit signs, and installing safety camera systems, etc.; (3) Strengthening monitoring measures and continuing to implement existing measures, namely deploying police and traffic agents near schools to help regulate traffic during school hours, which has effectively avoided risks. Through all these measures, Phnom Penh has been included in the list of the World Health Organization’s 2026 annual awards.
Please note that more than 150 cities from the Asia-Pacific region have applied to receive the evaluation and selection for this award, and 8 cities have been included, including Phnom Penh.
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