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![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.
![Namibia Stands Close to Adopting Universal Health Coverage Policy teaser](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Namibia%20Stands%20Close%20to%20Adopting%20Universal%20Health%20Coverage%20Policy%20.png?itok=uFpeLrGd)
Through energetic and broad stakeholder collaboration, the country’s long-stalled effort to pass a UHC policy has gained momentum.
![Stakeholders launch combined SHA/NASA exercise](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Namibia_SHA%20pic.jpg?itok=5mXvmswv)
The launch of the combined Health Accounts and National AIDS Spending Assessment exercise conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia aims to improve the collective understanding of both health and HIV spending in the country.
![EAC Health Data Governance](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/pr_20112023_01.jpg?itok=VwNeXQ_k)
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), and the Pan African Health Informatics Association (HELINA) have concluded a commitment by all three parties to foster stronger health data governance to drive digital transformation and innovations in the health sector of East Africa.
![Image of training attendees in Namibia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Namibia%20Training%20Resource%20Tracking.jpg?itok=ckQEaWK9)
The Ministry of Health and Social Services, with the support of the USAID-funded Local Health System Sustainability project, facilitated an extensive training on the combined System of Health Accounts/National AIDS Spending Assessment resource tracking approach which aims to generate detailed estimates of both health and HIV spending.
![Tajikistan vaccine cold chain inventory assessment report](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Annotation%202023-11-17%20105659.png?itok=OkA-gv4s)
The assessment findings inform the MoHSPP and its international partners on interventions to improve the quality of vaccination services, not only for COVID-19 but beyond. This ultimately leads to increased access to improved services in Tajikistan.
![Namibia news](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/1699974244228.jpg?itok=twYF1UPD)
LHSS supports the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia for the development of the country's groundbreaking UHC policy and Essential Health Services Package.
![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.
![institutional capacity assessment TL](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Annotation%202023-11-06%20104556.png?itok=eUqlGLU_)
The purpose of Institutional Capacity Assessment is to identify interventions the Activity can undertake in partnership with the GoTL to strengthen their capacities to improve health-system governance and functioning.
![strengthening cso TL](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Annotation%202023-11-06%20104555.png?itok=sxplf7A9)
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 document explores the issues facing the Timorese health system, identifies the existing mechanisms for engagement between the MoH and CSOs, and offers recommendations to improve the engagement.
![utilizing human resource for health data](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-10/Annotation%202023-10-25%20003456.png?itok=OmXRkviu)
To respond to the ICA findings and to address the issues noted above, USAID’s Health System Sustainability Activity (the Activity) worked with the NDHR and INS to develop training on health workforce data use for decision making. The training will use a problem-based, hands-on approach to train mid-level managers within the Directorate General of Corporate Services (DGCS) to use HRH data to identify challenges; conduct analysis; engage relevant stakeholders in the collection and sharing of HRH data; use of HRH data to support decision making. Most importantly, it will ensure equitable allocation of workforce and improve training and professional development opportunities for the health workforce across the country especially at the primary health care level.
![TL REVIEW SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-10/Annotation%202023-10-11%20000306.png?itok=Rvmgbz26)
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).
![PROGRESS REPORT TL](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-10/Annotation%202023-10-25%20000258.png?itok=IsGtng2E)
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.