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Fri. 09 of July of 2010, 00:21h National Health System Timor-Leste’s National Health System is divided in hospital services and community health services. Within the hospital services there are two reference hospitals and three regional hospitals – where these have the capacity to perform simple operations, such as appendicitis or ...more -
Thu. 08 of July of 2010, 07:21h The inquiry of 2010 Census The form has nine pages with 48 questions, divided into seven topics. The first topic refers to each family aggregate – who lives in the house and what is the relation between the persons. Even when there isn’t any family connection, the information should be given, “for example: ...more -
Thu. 08 of July of 2010, 06:15h Child and Maternal Health improves in Timor-Leste The IV Constitutional Government has increased the Ministry of Health’s budget in relation to the former Government. For this year of 2010, 50 million dollars have been attributed. “ With this Government we have no more difficulties with budget” Madalena Hanjan explains, ...more -
Wed. 07 of July of 2010, 03:26h Confidentiality of 2010 Census The Census, beginning on the 11th July and ending on the 25th July, is done by the National Directorate for Statistics (NDS) belonging to the Ministry of Finance. All the data collected from the population stays in the NDS, data which is considered as confidential by the Census Law. In other ...more -
Wed. 07 of July of 2010, 00:02h Projects for the future in the Health area Timor-Leste is currently committed to fulfil the goals defined by the Millenium Development Goals for the health area, namely, the reduction of mortality rate and nutrition and hospital services improvement. According to the Vice Minister of Health, Madalena Hanjan, “we have to train ...more -
Tue. 06 of July of 2010, 01:08h 2010 Census The 2010 census will be the second census conducted by the Timor-Leste Government. The first took place in 2004, two years after the nation became independent. The United Nations Organization advises countries to carry out a Census every decade so that the number of persons registered ...more -
Mon. 05 of July of 2010, 09:30h CPLP supports Timor-Leste in the Health Area The Vice-Minister of Health, Madalena Hanjan, visited Portugal recently for several meetings, one of which with the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), within the scope of the Strategic Plan of Cooperation in Health. One of the objectives reaffirmed in this meeting, was ...more -
Fri. 02 of July of 2010, 10:37h Timorese with scholarships leave to Australia and New Zealand Thirty Timorese students, subsidised by the Ministry of Education, leave this week to Australia and New Zealand to finalize their academic studies. From these thirty students, twenty go to Australia and ten to New Zealand. The farewell ceremony counted with the presence of the Minister ...more
