World Bank2013-08-072013-08-072006-10-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14897The 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE NUTRITIONADULT MORBIDITYAGEDANTENATAL CAREBABIESBABYBASIC HEALTH CAREBASIC NEEDSBEHAVIOR CHANGEBIRTH ATTENDANTBIRTH ATTENDANTSBLINDNESSBOTTLE FEEDINGBREASTFEEDINGCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASECESAREAN SECTIONCHILD BIRTHCHILD CARECHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH SERVICESCHILD MORBIDITYCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBIRTHCHLAMYDIACLINICSCOMMERCIAL SEXCOMMERCIAL SEX WORKERSCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE METHODCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE USEDELIVERY CAREDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIABETESDIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTHECONOMIC STATUSEMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CAREESSENTIAL DRUGSESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICESEXPENDITURESFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONALFAMILY MEMBERSFEMALE CHILDRENFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFIRST BIRTHFORMAL EDUCATIONGONORRHEAGOVERNMENT HEALTH WORKERSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CARE PROVIDERHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INFRASTRUCTUREHEALTH MANAGEMENTHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PLANNINGHEALTH POLICIESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH PROFESSIONALSHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATIONHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH TARGETSHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH WORKFORCEHIVHIV INFECTIONHOSPITALHOSPITAL SERVICESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN RESOURCESHYGIENEHYPERTENSIONILLNESSILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONIMPROVEMENT OF HEALTHINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINDOOR AIR POLLUTIONINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANTSINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMATION SYSTEMINJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERVAL BETWEEN BIRTHSINTERVENTIONIODINE DEFICIENCYIRONLACK OF INFORMATIONLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF MORTALITYLEVELS OF CONSUMPTIONLEVELS OF FERTILITYLIVE BIRTHLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL COMMUNITIESMALARIAMARRIED MENMARRIED WOMENMASS MEDIAMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH CAREMATERNAL MORBIDITYMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMEASLESMEDICAL CONDITIONSMEDICAL FACILITIESMEDICAL FACILITYMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINESMIDWIFEMIDWIFERYMIDWIVESMINISTRY OF HEALTHMODERN MEDICINEMORBIDITYMORTALITYMOTHERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICYNEONATAL MORTALITYNEWBORNSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNURSENURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOUTREACH ACTIVITIESPATIENTPATIENTSPHARMACIESPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLIOPOLLUTIONPOOR HEALTHPOSTNATAL CAREPOSTPARTUM CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANCY COMPLICATIONSPREGNANT WOMENPREMATURE DEATHPRESCHOOL CHILDRENPREVENTABLE DISEASESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIESPRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICESPRIVATE DOCTORSPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF HEALTH CAREQUALITY OF SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE LIVESRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESOURCE USERESPECTRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESSAFE WATERSANITATIONSECTORAL PRIORITIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE QUALITYSERVICE UTILIZATIONSEXSEX WITH MENSEX WORKERSSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESSMALL VILLAGESSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSPOUSETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEENAGE PREGNANCIESTETANUSTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTTRADITIONAL HEALERSTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNFPAURBAN AREASVACCINATIONVICIOUS CYCLEVIOLENCEWOMANWORKERSWORKFORCEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNG MOTHERSWorld Bank10.1596/14897