Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Bendita Magno wants to know why midwives at the Fatubolu Health post in Hatulia sub-district, Ermera, are using candle light and mobil

Suherdjoko and Ainur Rohmah, Kudus/Semarang – World AIDS Day, which fell on Dec.

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman Silverio Baptista Pinto has appealed to all people to respect the rights of those suffering from mental illnesses.

Paulina Quintao – A lack of mental health professionals is making it difficult for Timorese mental health patients to access care.

Esther Samboh and Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Dessy Rosalina, 29, used to receive reimbursements from her company for her health care, but now she can only hope that her benefits will not

Jakarta – Despite Indonesia's achievement of becoming the world's 10th-largest economy, it is struggling to provide adequate childhood nutrition with the number of children suffering fr

Paulina Quintao – The government does not have a coherent policy for the treatment of those suffering from mental illnesses, says Member of Parliament Virgilio da Costa Hornai.

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Manuel de Castro Pereira has demanded answers from the Health Ministry regarding its management of medicines as some health facilities still lack

Paulina Quintao – Tobacco advertising has once again come under fire in Parliament.

Paulina Quintao – The National Commission for Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) is working with its Indonesian counterpart in border communities to raise awareness of how to p

Bronwen Reed and Sophie McNeill – The extraordinary generosity of ABC viewers – including an anonymous donation of $200,000 – has stunned the management and medical staff of East Timor'

Paulina Quintao – Prohibitive repair costs mean six ambulances will remain out of action, according to national director of hospital support services Horacio Sarmento da Costa.

Paulina Quintao – Residents of 244 Timor-Leste sukus do not have access to health services in their villages.

Ezra Sihite & Herman Genie – President Joko Widodo officially launched the Indonesia Health Card and Indonesia Smart Card at a ceremonial unveiling in Jakarta on Monday, despite cri

Novy Lumanauw & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo on Monday launched the much-vaunted Indonesia Smart Card and Indonesia Heath Card, despite calls from an education gro

Dessy Sagita, Barcelona – International advocates for tobacco control have called on President Joko Widodo to ratify a World Health Organization framework aimed at minimizing harm from

Paulina Quintao – Three HIV/AIDS patients are receiving intensive treatment at the Bairo-Pite clinic for complications of their compromised immune systems.

Chris McCall – More than a decade on from gaining independence, East Timor has made gains in health but still faces an uphill battle to achieve universal health coverage and access.

Paulina Quintao – Members of Parliament (MPs) have criticized health directors who they say are prone to walking off the job during office hours.

Paulina Quintao – Tuberculosis is on the rise in Timor-Leste with new patients registered every day, says Bairo-Pite clinic director Dr Daniel Murphy.

Paulina Quintao – Women's advocacy group Alola Foundation has withdrawn funding from five scholarship recipients because they fell pregnant.

Paulina Quintao – The National Commission to Combat HIV/AIDS – Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) is working in partnership with the government to establish a shelter to house HIV/AIDS sufferers.

Kriti Sharma – "My parents thought I was possessed – they used to put garlic and salt on my body to rid me of evil spirits," Erifah, 49, who lives in Jakarta, told me.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the absence of data on suicides in the country, the Health Ministry will attempt to compile statistics based on figures from related institutions.

Paulina Quintao – Research conducted by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF in 2013 shows that half of all Timorese children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition.

Timika – The Mimika chapter of the National AIDS Commission (KPA) says that as of the middle of this year, the number of people with HIV/AIDS in the regency has reached 3,900.

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament (MP) Ilda Maria da Conceicao has called on the Ministry of Health to explain why a program which provides corn flour to expectant mothers has been

John McBeth, Jakarta – When Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo takes power in October, he will be confronted by a laundry list of pressing issues, ranging from budget-sapping energy

Greg Ansley – A major health crisis is emerging in East Timor as the impoverished nation's few doctors, hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed by endemic diseases, malnutrition, and seri

Paulina Quintao – More mothers chose to breastfeed their babies in 2013 than in 2010, Ministry of Health data shows.

Jakarta – The National Social Security Board (DJSN) has complained that the national health insurance (JKN) program, which is managed by the Social Security Management Agency (BPJS), ha

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Sophie McNeill – Doctors say a worsening health crisis in East Timor is causing hundreds of preventable deaths, including those of many children.

Sophie McNeill – Doctors and healthcare workers in East Timor are battling to save people from diseases that most Australians may think have been consigned to history.

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Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A new government regulation, which will come into effect next week, will allow drug users in the country to be sent to rehabilitation centers rather than bei

Paulina Quintao – The Secretary-General for the National Commission for Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) Daniel Marcal has recommended to the government the inclusion of sexu

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Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians participating in the ambitious national health insurance program launched under the Social Security Organizing Body, or BPJS,

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Dili – Repeated bouts of violence in Timor Leste's recent past and a persistent sense of injustice have had a lasting mental health impact, new research shows.

Margie Mason, Jakarta – Tobacco companies on Tuesday largely ignored an Indonesian deadline to put graphic health warnings on all cigarette packs, another setback for anti-smoking effor

Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), a regional network of anti-tobacco advocates, says it fully supports the Indonesian public health community in its fight

Peter Taylor Presenter, Burning Desire – East Timor has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with nearly two-thirds of its men hooked on the habit.

Dili – New data indicate that stunting among under-five children is being reduced in Timor-Leste, but experts warn much greater investment is needed in areas such as micronutrient suppl

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Amid controversy, the Surabaya City Council has passed a draft bylaw on the control of alcoholic beverage distribution.

Paulina Quintao – National Commission on Combating HIV/SIDA Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) General Secretary Daniel Marcal has said education is key to combatting the rise of the rates of HIV/AI

Jakarta – Indonesia has made slow progress in improving the lives of mothers and their children in recent years, falling behind regional neighbors Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health has begun a campaign to raise awareness of the context of draft laws to control the sale and use of cigarettes in order to get ideas about how t

Jenny Munro, ANU – West Papua, comprised of two provinces in eastern Indonesia, is home to the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the Asia Pacific.