Factors limiting immunization coverage in urban Dili, Timor-Leste

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

Estimating clinically relevant mental disorders in a rural and an urban setting in postconflict Timor Leste.

CONTEXT Epidemiologic studies undertaken in postconflict countries have focused primarily on trauma-related disorders. There is a need to include disabling psychotic disorders in order to plan clinical services in these settings. OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of key clinical disorders in Timor Leste (East Timor), and to assess cultural factors that may influence help-seeking patterns....

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...