Equiping midwives critical in upscaling reproductive health services to women in Timor-Leste amidst COVID-19 pandemic - Timor-Leste
Trainees attending sessions at National Hospital in Dili, Timor-Leste February 24, 2020. © UNFPA Timor-Leste Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, interruptions in healthcare systems has become common place in Timor-Leste, particularly in two municipalities currently under lockdown since mid February (Covalima and Bobonaro), that share a common border with Indonesia. Although the number of new infections in the Southeastern Asia nation are relatively low, --compared to neighbouring countries -- there is a growing concern of rapid increase of local COVID-19 transmisions. As quoted in the local media rece...
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