Timor-Leste Health Sector Review : Meeting Challenges and Improving Health Outcomes

The Timor-Leste health sector review describes the accomplishments made by the government of Timore-Leste in the health sector since it separated from Indonesia, and analyzes the challenges still facing the government moving forward. Infant and mat...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Health Sector Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADEQUATE NUTRITION ADULT MORBIDITY AGED ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BABY BASIC HEALTH CARE BASIC NEEDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BLINDNESS BOTTLE FEEDING BREASTFEEDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CESAREAN SECTION CHILD BIRTH CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBIRTH CHLAMYDIA CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH ECONOMIC STATUS EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE ESSENTIAL DRUGS ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES EXPENDITURES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE CHILDREN FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FIRST BIRTH FORMAL EDUCATION GONORRHEA GOVERNMENT HEALTH WORKERS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH TARGETS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIV HIV INFECTION HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERVAL BETWEEN BIRTHS INTERVENTION IODINE DEFICIENCY IRON LACK OF INFORMATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF MORTALITY LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALARIA MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEASLES MEDICAL CONDITIONS MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINES MIDWIFE MIDWIFERY MIDWIVES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERN MEDICINE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NEONATAL MORTALITY NEWBORNS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NURSE NURSES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACIES POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLIO POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POSTNATAL CARE POSTPARTUM CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE DOCTORS PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE LIVES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE USE RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFE WATER SANITATION SECTORAL PRIORITIES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE UTILIZATION SEX SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKERS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SMALL VILLAGES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGE PREGNANCIES TETANUS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNFPA URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VICIOUS CYCLE VIOLENCE WOMAN WORKERS WORKFORCE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG MOTHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/16338121/timor-leste-health-sector-review-hsr-meeting-challenges-improving-health-vol-2-3-v-2-meeting-challenges-improving-health-outcomes-final-draft http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14897

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Summary:	The Timor-Leste health sector review describes the accomplishments made by the government of Timore-Leste in the health sector since it separated from Indonesia, and analyzes the challenges still facing the government moving forward. Infant and maternal mortality, and malnutrition, are still important battles. Underutilization of services, and poor quality of services when available, are also reasons for the poor health quality indicators. Improving the quality or effectiveness of health services is difficult. However, now that most of the basic health care infrastructure is in place, the time is right for the Ministry of Health (MOH) to develop a system to monitor and upgrade the quality of health care services, starting with public sector services. One initiative put forth is health education delivered through various channels, which would make households better aware of the risks associated with certain health conditions or symptoms and the importance of using the available health services from government and NGO facilities. A second type of potential intervention is the introduction of conditional cash transfers, whereby the Government pays a subsidy to households in exchange for certain behaviors beneficial to society, such as having their children immunized. Carrying out the various interventions described above would require that the Government increased its spending on health services further.

Timor-Leste Health Sector Review : Meeting Challenges and Improving Health Outcomes

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