ERMERA: Japan is supporting the training up of tens of health staff across Ermera in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, one of several maternal, reproductive and child health projects lead by Japanese NGO ‘Frontline’ in partnership with Ermera Municipality of Health Department.

DILI: Brunei Darussalam’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste Abel Guterres said on Tuesday his country would recruit more than 20.000 Timorese to fill employment gaps, as part of a new bilateral government employment program.

DILI: Despite some progress, many Timorese are not preventing themselves from passing on or being transmitted the HIV virus, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

DILI:  Efforts to increase the women’s quota in Timor-Leste’s decision-making bodies will be strengthened this week when Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Justice in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and State Secretariat for Equality launch a new program to support women into legal careers.

DILI:  United Kingdom’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said she will hold a series of meetings with government officials and launch a UK-UNICEF program to combat child malnutrition late last week, the first official visit from a UK minister since Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002.