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Timor-Leste
Introduction
HAI has been working in Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) since 1999, when it sent a health and human rights delegation to assess the country’s human rights and health situation, and to develop a project for the delivery of essential maternal care services.
In August 1999, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia, a goal they had sought for nearly 25 years. Under its new name, Timor-Leste became an independent nation in May 2002. The country has been faced with the daunting task of rebuilding an entire infrastructure, including the health system.
Recent efforts in Timor-Leste include a Health Promotion Project in Venilale, begun in 2001, and a four year project to support the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health in strengthening its national program to improve Maternal and Newborn Care, begun in 2004. In December 2005 HAI began a project integrating Child Spacing Promotion with its existing Maternal and Newborn Care program.
Update: Please also see our message on the current social-political situation in Timor-Leste.