The health labor market analysis aims to provide an overview and analysis of the current status of the health workforce in Timor-Leste. The findings will serve as an essential resource for the MOH in building and managing a health workforce that is fit-for-purpose and fit-for-practice, as it develops the next iteration of the multi-year NSPHRH.

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.

USAID and the MOH collaborated to improve health workforce management in Timor-Leste, focusing on job descriptions and evaluations. Moving forward, in-person training and institutionalization are recommended for sustainable implementation, aiming to enhance health care services and employee development.

This document outlines the strategic process of establishing a Health Financing Unit (HFU) by the Ministry of Health(MOH) and USAID Health System Sustainability Activity(the Activity). It highlights key milestones, challenges, and lessons learned, emphasizing stakeholder engagement and tailored capacity building.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services gathered stakeholders at Midgard Country Estate to consult on standard operating procedures for social contracting. The goal:  reach consensus on implementation plans and outline the path ahead, encompassing regional dissemination, pilot planning, and early implementation phases scheduled for later in the year.

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.

Explore how the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia, with support from the LHSS Project, is transforming health care access through the revised Essential Health Services Package.

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.

Through energetic and broad stakeholder collaboration, the country’s long-stalled effort to pass a UHC policy has gained momentum.

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.

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.

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.  

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.