This report was written as part of a broader Health Sector Review in Timor-Leste currently being undertaken by the World Bank. Timor-Leste struggles with a burden of disease since independence. Poor health is related to environmental sanitation, poverty, food security, a shortage of doctors, and...

This report was written as part of a broader Health Sector Review in Timor-Leste currently being undertaken by the World Bank. Timor-Leste struggles with a burden of disease since independence. Poor health is related to environmental sanitation, poverty, food security, a shortage of doctors, and...

Great progress has been made in recent years in securing better access and financial protection against the cost of illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important part of this story. Experience has shown that, without...

This study aims to build on the findings from the previously mentioned studies, and seeks to provide more detailed information on the costs of the various functions and categories of expenditure involved in the establishment and operation of system for the prevention and control of emerging...