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"Watching a mother die when I was 10 years old made me want to be a doctor."
A crowded health facility is a common sight in Timor-Leste where on average one health worker serves 1000 Timorese – well below World Health Organization’s recommended lower threshold of 2.3 for... Read more
Equipping midwives critical in upscaling reproductive health services to women in Timor-Leste amidst COVID-19 pandemic
During COVID-19 midwives do not only grapple with providing care to expectant mothers but also preventing or minimising risk of transmissions before... Read more
Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EMONC) Training: Safeguarding Reproductive Health in Timor-Leste
Safeguarding Reproductive Health in Timor-Leste
Over 200 midwifery trainers to benefit from UNFPA and Burnet Institute virtual course to strengthen curriculum development
UNFPA works with partners, governments and policy makers to help build competent and well-trained workforce that are well supported – especially... Read more
UN agencies through KOICA funding commit USD 7.7 million to support implementation of Timor-Leste National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence
UNFPA is looking forward to working together with the Government of Korea -- KOICA -- and our sister UN agencies on this exciting program to end... Read more
World AIDS Day
2020 World AIDS Day
UNFPA handed over medical equipments and supplies needed to establish a maternity ward that is COVID-19 safe at Vera Cruz
4th September 2020, UNFPA handed over the remaining medical equipment and supplies needed to establish a maternity ward that is COVID-19 safe at Vera Cruz COVID-19 isolation center. The items were... Read more
European Union and United Nations are committed to ensuring safety and protection of women and girls during COVID crisis
JOINT PRESS RELEASE DILI, 14 March 2020: During this unprecedented COVID-19 global emergency, the European Union and United Nations remain committed to protecting and supporting women and girls in... Read more
Young people in Timor-Leste demand more information on HIV prevention and transmission
An interactive debate with young people on HIV prevention, because young people are vulnerable to HIV infection and that is why it is so important to... Read more
Training on Emergency Obstetrics and Neo-natal Care (EMONC) Saves Lives of Many Mothers and Babies in Special Administrative Region of Oé-cusse Ambeno (RAEOA)
In order to reduce the maternal mortality cases, the Instituto Nacional da Saúde (INS), and the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) department of the... Read more