PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region
On 22 January 2024, PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region was held in Bangkok, Thailand. This event was co-organized by WHO South-East Asia Region, Chulalongkorn University, and Mahidol University. In this side meeting, P4H...
Timor-Leste shared COVID-19 experiences on public finance
In Timor-Leste, Minister of Finance, Rui Gomes, participated in the high-level meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa – East Timor (PALOP-TL) on public finance “Transform the State”. The two high-level personalities were invited to participate, the former...
Timor-leste launches the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children age 12 to 17
Timor-Leste has launched the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged 12 to 17 years, aiming to reduce the impacts of COVID as well as to protect children and their families. The vaccination will minimize severe illness, hospitalization, and deaths...
Timor-Leste prioritizes human capital development in the 2022 fiscal year
Timor-Leste approves the fiscal year 2022 budget of $1,675 billion and now waits for the Parliament’s approval on October 15, 2021. The budget will be allocated to 43 programs in the Perimeter of 2022 State budget with six national priorities:...
Timor-Leste to compensate Covid vaccine-hit patients
Timor-Leste plans to provide compensation to people who receive adverse reactions or fatalities from Covid-19 vaccine, aiming to encourage the population to get the vaccination due to a rise of new cases and deaths. A patient who experiences a rare case of disability...
50.9 percent of eligible population in Timor-Leste get first anti-Covid dose
Timor-Leste has reach 50.9 percent or 576,044 of the eligible population receiving at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccines, while 25.4 percent have been fully vaccinated. Of the 12 municipalities, Dili has the highest percentage of the fully vaccinated population...
New article on determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, which adopts a tax-based health system with free health care at the point of service. However, Timor-Leste has not yet achieved elimination of inequalities in the utilisation of health services. This...
Timor-Leste received today 52,850 more vaccines from Australia
In July 8th Timor-Leste receives 40,000 additional AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Australia. In total, Australia has already supplied 175,000 vaccines to Timor-Leste. Australia has committed to provide Timor-Leste with sufficient doses of...