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This video captures Timor-Leste’s progress in increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage and strengthening the capacity of health care professionals – efforts supported by LHSS’s local NGO partner HAMNASA.
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USAID's Health System Sustainability Activity in Timor-Leste announced an additional funding of $600,000 to support the efforts of the Ministry of Health, Government of Timor-Leste, in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
![People preparing COVID-19 vaccines in Timor-Leste](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-05/tl3.jpg?itok=af7GgiKl)
The ‘COVID19 SAFE’ project opened with the launch of COVID-19 vaccination to school-age children (12–17 years old) in the Bobonaro municipality. The USAID Activity, working through HAMNASA, supported the Ministry of Health and Municipality Health Services in conducting community mobilization and disseminating COVID-19 information to the Memo village community, including to teachers and parents of school-age children.
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On Friday, February 25, LHSS Jamaica hosted a signing ceremony with the Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness and USAID to launch the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership.
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The USAID Health System Sustainability activity will work with Timorese officials to train health workers in rural communities on handling different vaccines, using cold chain equipment, and ensuring that community members have equal access to vaccines and essential health care.
![USAID and Government of Timor-Leste officials gather at the launch of the new activity.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2021-09/TL%20Launch.png?itok=LFSCw8ef)
Representatives of USAID and the government of Timor-Leste celebrated the start of the four-year, $15.6 million activity at a ceremony in Dili, the Timor-Leste capital, on July 2, 2021.