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.

With increased migration around the world posing unique challenges and opportunities for health systems, efforts to better integrate and include migrants and host communities in national health systems are an integral part of the global health equity agenda. 

This brief introduces the social determinants of health (SDOH) concept and terminology, and discusses approaches to addressing SDOH. Understanding these root causes of health inequities and their impact on health care access, quality, and equity is crucial to strengthening health systems.

The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2024) will be held in Nagasaki, Japan, from November 18 to 22, 2024.

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.

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.

Health workers are welcoming new policies that promote equitable access to employment, professional development, and promotion opportunities.

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.

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).

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.

La boîte à outils vise à combler une lacune dans les conseils pratiques pour l’EPS dans les programmes de lutte contre le paludisme. Il contient des orientations, des ressources et des exemples étape par étape pour développer des activités d’ESP, dans le but global d’équiper les acteurs au niveau des pays pour stimuler une plus grande participation du secteur privé à la lutte et à l’élimination du paludisme et contribuer à des résultats durables au niveau local. La boîte à outils est disponible en anglais et en frech.

The toolkit aims to address a gap in practical guidance for PSE in malaria programming. It contains step-by-step guidance, resources, and examples for developing PSE activities, with the overall goal of equipping country-level actors to stimulate greater private sector participation in malaria control and elimination and contribute to locally sustained results. The toolkit is available in English and French.

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.

his document captures the progress so far in improving CSO-MoH engagement and the next steps.

This short handbook presents information and guidance to inform the advocacy efforts of REBAS-TL and its member CSOs.