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![Assessment of Private Health Sector Engagement in Timor-Leste](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-04/Assessment%20of%20Private%20Health%20Sector%20Engagement%20in%20Timor-Leste.png?itok=sedPMK6x)
This report summarizes the findings of said assessment conducted by the MOH’s newly established Cabinet for Licensing and Registration of Health Activities with support from the Activity.
![TL News Story 3.4](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/GHkDFYraoAAfMPW.jpg?itok=a8XWBAEQ)
USAID | Timor-Leste and the Ministry of Health launched a groundbreaking initiative to bolster professional competence of health professionals to deliver and improve quality of health care services in Timor-Leste.
![Tetun TL FACTSHEET](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Tetun%20TL%20Factsheet.png?itok=9-GNn4Ry)
USAID nia Atividade ba Sustentabilidade Sistema Saúde iha Timor-Leste nia objetivu mak atu fortalese governasaun setor saúde, dezenvolve mekanismu ba finansiamentu saúde ida ne’ebe sustentável, fortalese jestaun forsa traballu saúde, promove hahalok saudavel, no mobiliza sosiedade sivil.
![Timor-Leste fact sheet](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/timor-leste%20factsheet.png?itok=akkv9d-Z)
The USAID Health System Sustainability Activity in Timor-Leste aims to strengthen health sector governance, develop mechanisms for sustainable health financing, strengthen health workforce management, promote healthy behaviors, and mobilize civil society.
![Timor-Leste health workforce success story](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Annotation%202023-12-21%20152537.png?itok=tw3Ke57N)
Health workers are welcoming new policies that promote equitable access to employment, professional development, and promotion opportunities.
![TL data analysis capacity assessment](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Annotation%202023-11-06%20104557.png?itok=nMkEAS8P)
The purpose of the DACA was to assess: the Ministry of Health (MOH) data use and data quality processes; the opportunity and capacity of different levels of the health system to analyze data; health management information system (HMIS) governance; electronic HMIS deployment; the state of interoperability, and COVID-19 data capture.
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The Activity identified despite the many SBC interventions implemented in the communities, local organizations and especially the civil society organizations do not have sufficient capacity and resources to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based SBC activities. To address these issues, the Activity is partnering with a local organization to strengthen evidence-based design, implementation, and monitoring of SBC activities. The Activity is focusing on enabling local actors to lead implementation of an SBC activity while strengthening support for priority capacities.
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This summary review of social and behavior change (SBC) interventions was conducted to understand barriers to healthy behaviors in inclusive reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAHN).
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The USAID Activity and REBAS-TL have co-developed a pathway describing how the network can evolve into a trusted and effective collaboration and best represent the community’s voice across health issues. This document captures this pathway plan, progress so far, and next steps.
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Improved internet connectivity and capacity strengthening have increased timeliness and completeness of health data reporting in Timor-Leste. That makes all the difference for the country’s health officers.
The manual clearly identifies the engagement mechanisms where REBAS-TL/CSOs could participate to discuss health issues that impact the population at national and municipality levels.
![Photo of National Director of Policy and Cooperation, MOH Timor-Leste, Narciso Fernandes](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/Tl5.png?itok=uRqjqrt4)
The ministry of health tracks more than 80 indicators to guide decision making on health programs in Timor-Leste. This training helps guarantee quality of data in the system.
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LHSS shared the review of Timor-Leste’s thriving landscape of civil society organizations (CSOs), with a focus on those that are active in the health sector.
![Photo of midwives at December 2021 meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-03/TL%20midwives.png?itok=5BUlFVOg)
In December 2021, more than 180 midwives from across Timor-Leste participated in an Activity-led event to identify areas for improvement in a set of draft standards.