Ministry of Health (East Timor)

Ministry of Health
Ministério da Saúde (Portuguese); Ministériu Saúde (Tetum);
	Coat of Arms of East Timor
	; Headquarters of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed	1975 / 2002
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Palácio das Cinzas, Caicoli [de], Dili; 8°33′43″S 125°34′30″E / 8.56194°S 125.57500°E
Minister responsible	Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral [de], Minister of Health;
Website	Ministry of Health
Agency ID	MS
	Ministry logo

The Ministry of Health (MS; Portuguese: Ministério da Saúde, Tetum: Ministériu Saúde) is the government department of East Timor accountable for health policy.

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:^[1]

health; and
pharmaceutical activities.

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Health is Élia António de Araújo dos Reis Amaral [de]. She is assisted by two Deputy Ministers.^{[note 1]}^[2]^[3]

References

Footnote

^ The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

Notes

^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 19 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

Cameron, Marce (5 November 2011). "East Timor: Cuba 'taught me to love people and be independent'". Green Left. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
Earnest, Jaya; Beck, Margie; Connell, Lorraine, eds. (2008). Rebuilding Education & Health in a Post Conflict Transitional Nation: Case Studies from Timor-Leste. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. ISBN 9789087903084.
Hodal, Kate (25 June 2012). "Cuban infusion remains the lifeblood of Timor-Leste's health service". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
Martins, Nelson; Trevena, Lyndal J (2014). "Implementing what works: A case study of integrated primary health care revitalisation in Timor-Leste". Asia Pacific Family Medicine. 13 (1): 1-5, at 1. doi:10.1186/1447-056X-13-5. PMC 3943272. PMID 24559229. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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Price, Jennifer A.; Soares, Ana I. F. Sousa; Asante, Augustine D.; Martins, Joao S.; Williams, Kate; Wiseman, Virginia L. (30 September 2016). ""I go I die, I stay I die, better to stay and die in my house": understanding the barriers to accessing health care in Timor-Leste". BMC Health Services Research. 16 (1): 535. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1762-2. ISSN 1472-6963. PMC 5045628. PMID 27716190.
Silva, Joana C.G. (2010). Mid-term review health sector performances 2008-2010 (English) (Report). Washington, DC: World Bank Group. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
The Local Health System Sustainability Project Timor-Leste Activity (USAID Health Systems Sustainability Activity) under the USAID Integrated Health Systems IDIQ (September 2021). Evaluation of Rural Incentive Schemes for Health Workers in Timor-Leste (PDF) (Report). Rockville, MD: Abt Associates. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
National Health Sector Strategic Plan 2011-2030 (PDF). Dili: Ministry of Health (East Timor). 2011.
Needs assessment on quality in Timor-Leste. Step 2 of the Twinning Partnership for Improvement between Timor-Leste and Macao SAR China. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. ISBN 978-92-4-151547-4. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
One Health Report Timor-Leste: Environment, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance (PDF) (Report). Dili: Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bee Timor Leste, EP and the Menzies School of Health Research. December 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
"We did not go because we had no money" Indirect Financial Barriers to Accessing Maternal, Neonatal and Child Healthcare in Timor-Leste: A Qualitative Study (PDF) (Report). Sydney: University of Sydney. December 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

External links

Media related to Ministry of Health (East Timor) at Wikimedia Commons

Ministry of Health – official site (in English)
Ministry of Health on Twitter

[2] The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

[viii_cg_ii-1] "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 19 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[tatoli_2023-06-30-3] Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[tatoli_2023-07-01-4] Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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v t e Government ministers and ministries of East Timor
Ministers	Prime Minister Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Ministries	Presidency of the Council of Ministers Agriculture and Fisheries Defense Education, Youth and Sport Finance Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Health Higher Education, Science and Culture Interior Justice Petroleum and Minerals Planning and Territory Public Works Social Solidarity and Inclusion State Administration Tourism, Trade and Industry Transport and Communications
Incumbent Constitutional Government