Health in East Timor

Life expectancy in East Timor at birth was at 60.7 in 2007.[1] The fertility rate is at six births per woman.[1] Healthy life expectancy at birth was at 55 years in 2007.[1]

Malnutrition rates in children have reduced but in 2013 still stood at 51%.

The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for East Timor was 370. This compares with 928.6 in 2008 and 1016.3 in 1990. The under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 births is 60 and the neonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births is 27.[2] The number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 8 and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 44.[3]

The country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with 33% of the population, including 61% of men, smoking daily.[4]

In 2013 only three deaths from malaria were recorded, and achievement recognized by the World Health Organization.

Healthcare

Government expenditure on health was US$150 per person in 2006.[1] There were only two hospitals and 14 village healthcare facilities in 1974. By 1994, there were 11 hospitals and 330 healthcare centres.[5]

Sergio Lobo, a surgeon is the Health Minister. He says that “Many of the health-related issues are outside the competence of the Minister of Health.” Since independence the country has established a medical school, a nursing school, and a midwifery school. There is no MRI scanner in the country.[6]

References
  1. "Human Development Report 2009 – Timor-Leste". Hdrstats.undp.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. "Timor-Leste" (PDF). United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. "The State Of The World's Midwifery". United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. The country where nearly two-thirds of men smoke, BBC News, Peter Taylor, 4 June 2014
  5. Robinson, G. If you leave us here, we will die, Princeton University Press 2010, p. 72.
  6. "East Timor striving for universal access to health care". Lancet. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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