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![Timor-Leste Sets Its Sights on a Merit-based Health Workforce](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/T-L%20general%20practitioner.jpg?itok=3vYsIZrG)
Timor-Leste is laser focused on recruiting, deploying, and retaining highly qualified health workers to rebuild the country’s health system workforce.
![Dr. Alex Tracey, founder of grantee Online Medics_Feb 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/Dr.%20Alex%20Tracey%2C%20founder%20of%20grantee%20Online%20Medics_Feb%202022.jpg?itok=gqkfKbeF)
With a grant from LHSS, the Jamaican health care firm Online Medics is supporting the government’s COVID-19 vaccination effort while gaining valuable new business capacities. “LHSS allowed me to think in the long term – where I wanted my company to go and what I need to do to get it there,” says owner Alex Tracey.
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Ukraine prioritizes telemedicine as part of its comprehensive health reform to increase transparency of health service provision, expand access to quality health services, and enhance efficiency in the health sector.
![LHSS Supports Vietnam to Cover TB Drugs in National Health Insurance, Paving the Way for Sustainable TB Treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/A%20TB%20patient%20using%20SHI%20card%20to%20get%20SHI%20medical%20services.jpg?itok=zfYLomAP)
The Vietnam government transitions funding of TB treatment to the SHI fund with support from LHSS. This transition marks a critical milestone, ensuring uninterrupted access to life-saving treatment.
This Year 3 Quarter 3 Report (April-June 2022) was prepared for USAID and provides a progress update for all annual work plan activities.
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This Year 3 Quarter 2 Report (Jan-Mar 2022) was prepared for USAID and provides a progress update for all annual work plan activities.
![A sign advertising Bethel Baptist's vaccination services. (Photo: Bethel Baptist Church)](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-07/Jamaica%20Story%20pic_0.jpg?itok=3rSJSTDh)
Since vaccines became available in 2021, only 26 percent of Jamaicans have been vaccinated – a far cry from the country’s goal of 65 percent by March 2022. Religious communities were among the victims of the misinformation causing vaccine hesitancy, with many of the country’s Christians believing the vaccines represented “the mark of the beast.” In response, the government called on church leaders to play a more prominent role in the country’s vaccination effort.
![Photo of woman facilitating a training session](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-04/Kyr.png?itok=E9gFIrNW)
Health workers play a central role not only in providing continued care for COVID-19 patients, but also in promoting vaccination and combating misinformation, with evidence-based health education.
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For the first time, Vietnam has procured TB medicines using its national social health insurance scheme.
![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.
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Meet Jessica. Her little girl is one of more than 40,000 migrants who have been enrolled in Colombia’s national health insurance system with support from the LHSS Project.
![A client logs onto mDoc, a mobile and web-based service that partners with hospitals to help people manage their diabetes and high blood pressure. Clients create personalized health plans and sign up for digital nudges and meetings to monitor their care.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-02/scaling-up-story_0.png?itok=D7jOGTgr)
Five innovators—from Nigeria, Senegal, India, and Cameroon— are working with LHSS to sustainably scale up their businesses and reach more people with their vital health services.
This Year 3 Quarter 1 Report (Oct-Dec 2021) was prepared for USAID and provides a progress update for all annual work plan activities.
![Screen shot of cover for the LHSS Year 2 Annual Report](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-01/AR%20Cover_0.png?itok=v9td48O0)
In Year 2, LHSS supported the work of USAID missions in 17 countries, with new activities launched in Bangladesh, Madagascar, Peru, and Timor-Leste. We also began work with the USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and we continued to expand our work with USAID Washington to enrich the global knowledge base on health system sustainability.
![Screen shot of cover for the LHSS Year 2 Annual Report](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-01/AR%20Cover_0.png?itok=v9td48O0)
The Year 2 Annual Report provides a look into the geographic and technical scope of LHSS during October 2020-September 2021. The report includes stories of impact within five themes: Building Resilience, Supporting Local Capacity and Sustainability, Advancing Equitable Access to Essential Health Services, Promoting Quality Health Care, and Optimizing the Use of Health Resources.