Timor-Leste: a primary health care case study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
2023 | Policy and practice
Overview
This case study examines country-level primary health care (PHC) systems in Timor-Leste in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and October 2021. The case study is part of a collection of case studies providing critical insights into key PHC strengths, challenges and lessons learned using the Astana PHC framework, which considers integrated health services, multisectoral policy and action, and people and communities. Led by in-country research teams, the case studies update and extend the Primary Health Care Systems (PRIMASYS) case studies commissioned by the Alliance in 2015.
Income level
PHC components
PHC lever
Digital technologies for health;
Engagement of communities and other stakeholders;
Engagement with private sector providers;
Funding and allocation of resources;
Governance and policy frameworks;
Medicines and other health products;
Models of care;
Monitoring and evaluation;
Physical infrastructure;
Political commitment and leadership;
Primary health care workforce;
Purchasing and payment systems;
Systems for improving quality of care
Health programme (category)
Health programme (sub-category)
Infection prevention and control (IPC) measures;
Integrated approach to emergency syndromes;
Nutrition, physical activity and sleep;
Other viral infections;
Pregnancy and birth;
Public health emergency of international concern/COVID-19;
Surveillance for conditions of public health concern;
Tuberculosis;
Vaccination
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO