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WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
"We think of institutional mental health care as an outdated model. But it is far more than that. It is a human rights issue hiding in plain sight," write Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus time.com/article/2026/10/12/…
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
An estimated 2.2 billion people globally live with vision impairment. Nearly 30% of them are in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
And nearly half of the global burden could have been addressed with surgery or a pair of glasses.
On #WorldSightDay, let’s accelerate action to make affordable and people-centred eye care accessible to everyone, everywhere.
🔗: who.int/southeastasia/news/d…
#EyeHealth #HealthForAll
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
From strengthening disease surveillance to helping countries prepare for health emergencies, UN Volunteers are making a lasting contribution to public health across South-East Asia.
In #TimorLeste 🇹🇱, Seontae Kim, a UN Volunteer, is currently serving as a Public Health Surveillance and Intelligence Officer with WHO, working with the Ministry of Health to strengthen disease surveillance at points of entry and support implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005).
Read Seontae’s story: who.int/southeastasia/news/f…
#ForEveryVolunteer #UNVolunteers #WHO #PublicHealth
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Outbreaks keep reminding us that health threats are real.
Stay tuned for #UNGA81 and discussions around the Pandemic Agreement.
Know more: bit.ly/4yLO0ps
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
📍 #RC79 - Dili, Timor-Leste
"For Timor-Leste, this forum presents an invaluable opportunity to engage with innovative national strategies, explore bilateral institutional partnerships, and to advance avenues for technical exchange, mentorship and professional development. Our broader deliberations will address critical issues surrounding disease elimination, health system resilience, and the deployment of transformative medical technologies,” said Dr Élia A.A dos Reis Amaral, Minister of Health, Timor-Leste. She added that regional cooperation is most effective when solutions are adaptable to the diverse capacities and socioeconomic contexts of the respective nations.
The minister further shared that hosting #RC79 represents far more than an official summit for Timor-Leste.
“It is a vital forum for knowledge exchange, mutual learning, and the consolidation of enduring partnerships,” she shared as hosting such gatherings on home soil offers young health professionals and national institutions a first-hand view of multilateral cooperation in action.
#WHOSEARO #HealthForAll #PublicHealth
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Good news!
Congratulations to #TimorLeste for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
Timor-Leste was the last suspected trachoma-endemic WHO Member State in @WHOSEARO
With this milestone, #trachoma has now been eliminated as a public health problem from the region bit.ly/4yjvp45
ALT A healthcare worker in a green shirt examines an elderly woman's eye using a handheld device in a crowded clinic.
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
🚨 WHO has released US$150 000 from the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) to support urgent health and other needs of communities impacted by the devastating flash floods in #Nepal 🇳🇵.
The funds will support Nepal’s ongoing response to one of the country’s worst tragedies in recent times.
👉🏽 Read more: who.int/southeastasia/news/d…
#Nepal #Floods #HealthEmergencies #SEARHEF #HealthForAll
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
#TimorLeste 🇹🇱 marked its 11th National Health Day, celebrated this year under the theme "My Sea, My Timor, My Health", honouring the dedication of health workers across the country and reinforcing the importance of protecting both people and the environment to achieve a healthier future.
At the event,
👉🏽 three new resources developed with @WHO support were launched
👉🏽 the Ministry of Health handed over a new ambulance to the Viqueque Municipal Authority
👉🏽outstanding health workers and National Health Day Cup champions were recognised for their service
🔗: who.int/timorleste/news/deta…
#HealthForAll #publichealth
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek!
Breastfeeding provides the perfect nutrition for babies and a healthy beginning - with benefits that last for life.
From maternity leave to trained counsellors, let’s ensure every mum gets the #breastfeeding support she needs! bit.ly/4wyTpzy
ALT Mother breastfeeding her baby surrounded by benefits like improved survival and protection from infectious diseases.
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Representatives from the Member States of WHO South-East Asia today reaffirmed their commitment to the Banyan Framework for Health and Well-being (2026–2028), for building a healthier Region through stronger collaboration and more strategic action.
As a symbol of this shared commitment, each representative placed a leaf on a banyan tree installation, on the sidelines of the high-level preparatory meeting for the upcoming Seventy-ninth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia.
#RC79 #HealthForAll #UniversalHealthCoverage @MoHFW_INDIA @MoHmv @MoH_SriLanka @pr_moph @MdSTimorLeste
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Officer-in-Charge Dr Catharina Boehme today opened a high-level preparatory meeting for the upcoming 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia. At the 3⃣-day meeting, Member States are deliberating on key health priorities such as equity in specialized care, progress on universal health coverage, accelerating digital transformation of health system, health facility resilience, accelerating multi-disease elimination and closing the gap to end TB, amongst others.
Guided by the Banyan Framework for Health and Well-being (2026–2028) adopted earlier this year, the meeting reflects the Region's shared commitment to delivering measurable impact, stronger country support and healthier, more resilient societies.
#RC79 #HealthForAll #UniversalHealthCoverage @MoHFW_INDIA @MoHmv @MoH_SriLanka @pr_moph @MdSTimorLeste
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Every child must receive life-saving #vaccines 💉 for a healthier future.
🚨 The latest WHO and UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) 2025 is out!
👧🏾 Despite the WHO South-East Asia Region sustaining high routine immunization coverage in 2025, more than a million children did not receive their first routine vaccine and over half a million children remained partially vaccinated, increasing their risk to life-threatening diseases.
@WHO calls on Member States to renew their efforts to reach every child, everywhere, with life-saving vaccines.
🔗: who.int/southeastasia/news/d…
#VaccinesWork #ImmunizationForAll #HealthForAll #VaccinesSaveLives @MoHFW_INDIA @MoHmv @MoH_SriLanka @pr_moph @MdSTimorLeste @UNICEF @UNICEFAPRO @WHO
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
At this week's 2026 Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, @WHO leaders @DrTedros, WHO Director-General, and Dr @SamaanGina, WHO Regional Emergency Director for the Western Pacific, addressed a critical question: How do we reinvent cooperation in a fragmented world?
Country examples shared at the Forum indicate that the answer may lie in an unlikely sector: #PublicHealth.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Timor-Leste has long illustrated how health and peace are two sides of the same coin. A once fragile, post-conflict state with limited systems and resources, Timor-Leste today is #MalariaFree.
Through political commitment, multilateral cooperation, and community trust, the country has met many of its health and political security goals.
ALT Text that reads peace is the best medicine, with illustration of two open hands holding a white dove with an olive branch.
ALT The stage at the Jeju Forum 2026, with three chairs and a blue backdrop with text that says Jeju Forum 2026. Peace in the Post-Pandemic Era: Enhancing Global Health Leadership through International Cooperation, with Korean text below. Text at bottom reads at the 2026 Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, WHO experts addressed a critical question: How do we reinvent cooperation in a fragmented world?
ALT A group of people standing in a circle indoors, holding strings connected to a central yellow ball in a teamwork activity. Text reads the answer may lie in an unlikely place: Public Health.
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
#Hantavirus update: the number of cases reported to @WHO remains 13, including three deaths. No new deaths have been reported for more than a month.
We are in close contact with the governments where isolated patients are receiving treatment or where passengers and crew members are being quarantined.
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
At #WHA79, countries were recognized for major public health achievements from eliminating trachoma and malaria to ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
Proof that progress is possible. 🔗bit.ly/43ctEIj #HealthForAll
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Most passengers and crew of the MV Hondius cruise ship successfully disembarked today. I’m grateful to Ministers @Monica_Garcia_G, Fernando Grande-Marlaska and @avtorresp, their @sanidadgob, @interiorgob and @territorialgob teams, and the whole government of #Spain for their leadership and technical excellence shown throughout this operation.
@WHO continues to work closely with experts in all involved countries, as coordination remains key to keeping passengers, crew, responders and communities healthy and safe. #hantavirus
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
Vaccines save lives, at every stage of life.
Dr Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral, Minister of Health, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱, underscores the power of immunization, not just for children, but for adolescents and adults too. From protecting communities against rabies to safeguarding girls from cervical cancer, vaccines in Timor-Leste are making a life-saving impact.
Immunization remains a national priority, anchored in strong primary health care systems.
Watch more 📽️
#WorldImmunizationWeek #VaccinesWork #HealthForAll @WHOTLS
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
As of today, the @WHOSEARO Region has been wild polio-free for 15 years – a remarkable achievement made possible by the dedication of governments, health workers, communities and WHO colleagues throughout the region, who have worked tirelessly to ensure high vaccination coverage and vigilant surveillance from the smallest villages to the biggest cities .
This milestone shows what we can achieve when we work together with political will and action , and is a powerful reminder that we can #EndPolio once and for all.
WHO Timor-Leste retweeted
🎉 WHO South-East Asia Region marks 1⃣5⃣ years of its last case of wild poliovirus 🎉
#OnThisDay in 2011, in WHO South-East Asia Region, an 18-month-old girl was paralyzed in Howrah, West Bengal, India.
3⃣ years later, the Region was certified polio free.
💪🏾 Unwavering government commitment, dedicated efforts by health workers and strong partnership, including with the communities have been key to achieving and sustaining this milestone.
Read the press release here 🔗 who.int/southeastasia/news/d…
#healthforall #publichealth #achievement #WHOSEARO #poliofree #polio #standagainstpolio
