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 In
accordance to the WHO Regional Strategy to promote rational use of
medicines, Dr Kathleen Holloway, Regional Advisor Essential Drugs and
Other Medicines, conducted a rapid situational analysis of the
pharmaceutical situation in Timor-Leste during February 6-17, 2012. The
situational analysis focused on health care delivery and use of
medicines. Public health facilities and private pharmacies in three
districts were visited. Meetings were held with major Ministry of Health
departments, the Faculty of Medicine in the National University of
Timor-Leste, the Institute of In-Service Training, the National Referral
Hospital, the
Timor-Leste Medical Association and Pharmacy Association. It was found
that Timor-Leste has an extensive health care system in difficult terrain
with trained health care personnel. The pharmaceutical sector faces
challenges in areas of drug supply, selection, use, regulation, policy,
information and coordination that need to be addressed. Resources and
capacity to address many of the problems exist.
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 The
obligations of IHR (2005) are specifically designed to strengthen public
health capacities including those at designated airports and seaports in
both routine circumstances and when responding to events that may
constitute a public health emergency of international concern. As
part of this obligation member states are required to establish a clinic
and port health office in the seaport and international airport. On
March 6th the Government of Timor-Leste,
with help from World Health Organization and AusAID,
and able to inaugurate the country’s very first such offices in the
seaport of Dili.
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 The Blue Trunk Library project
was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be used in rural
and district health centres in developing
countries as a way to compensate for the lack of up-to-date health
information.
Initially created in English
and French, the Blue Trunk Library was extended to Portuguese in 2006 as
health professionals from Portuguese-speaking countries have constantly
expressed their need to receive health information in their own language. Press Release English version Press Release Portuguese version
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