DILI: Timorese Health Officials have called for people to do more to avoid mosquito bites to stem dengue fever infections, as the country continues to report an increasing number of cases on a daily basis.
DILI: Timor-Leste has said it will improve the quality of health services for women and children as it seeks to combat endemic malnutrition that afflicts nearly half of children under five in the country.
DILI: Timor-Leste says it has given approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to citizens aged 18 and over as a first or second dose in addition to the booster dose that already covered this age group.
DILI:Timor-Leste government unveiled a $1.13 billion increase to its 2022 budget on Tuesday to support veterans and development programs.
DILI: Timor-Leste will introduce government subsidies for fuel as part of a relief package to cushion the blow from global commodity inflation driven up by the war in Ukraine.
DILI: Timor-Leste will seek financial support from the World Bank to fund a water supply project for the Dili municipality.
DILI:Timor-Leste’s economy expanded by 1.5% in 2021 thanks to jump in private and public sector activity, reversing a negative 8.6% GDP in 2020.
DILI: Timor-Leste Presidential candidate Jose Ramos Horta has stepped up his message of domestic unity and peace reconciliation with Timorese in Indonesia that he said would ultimately help defeat incumbent President Francisco ‘Lu Olo’ Guterres.
DILI: One hundred thousand doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine from China have landed in Timor-Leste, the Timor-Leste government announced, as the country moves to build its supply stock to prevent future coronavirus infections and deaths.
DILI: Timor-Leste has logged nearly 3,600 dengue cases and at least 44 related deaths this year, the government says, underscoring how other viral diseases continue to spread even while the focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic.
DILI: The Timor-Leste government is struggling to cope with an outbreak of Dengue fever that has spread across the country.
DILI: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction’s General Secretary Francisco Kalbuadi Lay has been summoned to court on suspicion of financial gain and money theft, his lawyer said.
DILI: Lead civil society organisation Luta Hamutuk has called for action on promises from the Timorese government to support thousands affected by catastrophic floods in and around the Dili capital twelve months ago, warning that many were living in unsafe conditions.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s government email to order COVID-19 PCR results is now up and running amid the Omicron variant surge, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.