Evaluation of Clean Water Distribution Development in Bee Timor-Leste, E.P Post Administrative Dom Aleixo Dili Municipality

Factors limiting immunization coverage in urban Dili, Timor-Leste

BACKGROUND Timor-Leste's immunization coverage is among the poorest in Asia. The 2009/2010 Demographic and Health Survey found that complete vaccination coverage in urban areas, at 47.7%, was lower than in rural areas, at 54.1%. The city of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, had even lower coverage (43.4%) than the national urban average. OBJECTIVE To better understand the service- and user-re...

Food incentives to improve completion of tuberculosis treatment: randomised controlled trial in Dili, Timor-Leste

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of the provision of whole food to enhance completion of treatment for tuberculosis. DESIGN Parallel group randomised controlled trial. SETTING Three primary care clinics in Dili, Timor-Leste. PARTICIPANTS 270 adults aged >or=18 with previously untreated newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Completion of treatment (includi...

Tracking violence in Timor - Leste

Negotiating modernisation and gender in the post-conflict reconstruction of Timor-Leste

Since achieving national independence in 1999, gender has been a priority area within the wide-range of development projects undertaken in TimorLeste. Considerable effort has been put into improving not only the rights of East Timorese women, but also into addressing their position within broader gender-based relations. Government, international aid agencies and civil society organisations have...

Prelacteal feeding of newborns in postconflict Timor-Leste.

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of prelacteal feeding and its associated factors in Timor-Leste using updated data from the national survey. METHODS Complex sample analysis was undertaken to account for the 2-stage cluster design of the Demographic and Health Survey 2009-2010. Backward stepwise logistic regression was conducted to ascertain factors as...