The response to COVID-19 in Timor-Leste: lessons learnt [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2023 The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Timor-Leste offers lessons that may be useful for incorporating into future responses to infectious disease outbreaks in similar resource-limited settings.
Jennifer Yan +10 more
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Exposure to substance and current substance among school-going adolescents in Timor-Leste [PDF]
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 Few studies have examined how exposure to substance influences adolescent’s use of substance in Timor-Leste. We assessed this relationship using nationally representative data from Timor-Leste to address this gap.
Abigail Esinam Adade +5 more
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The COVID-19 laboratory response in Timor-Leste; a story of collaboration [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023 Summary: Timor-Leste is a small nation of 1.3 million people which shares a land border with Indonesia and is 550 km from Darwin, Australia. It is one of the poorest nations in Asia.
Nevio Sarmento +26 more
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The rapidly emerging public health threat of rabies in Timor-Leste, 2024–2025 [PDF]
Western Pacific Surveillance and ResponseTimor-Leste was rabies-free until March 2024. Since then, detections in dogs and human cases have occurred in a growing number of municipalities.
Filipe de Neri Machado +17 more
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SEROPREVALENCE AND PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS B, MEASLES AND RUBELLA AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN DILI, TIMOR-LESTE [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Intro: The World Health Organisation recommends that healthcare workers (HCWs) are immune to measles and rubella, and those at risk of blood exposure are offered hepatitis B vaccine.
C. Gusmao +17 more
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Vaccine Preventable Disease Seroprevalence in a Nationwide Assessment of Timor-Leste (VASINA-TL): study protocol for a population-representative cross-sectional serosurvey [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Introduction Historic disruption in health infrastructure combined with data from a recent vaccine coverage survey suggests there are likely significant immunity gaps to vaccine preventable diseases and high risk of outbreaks in Timor-Leste.
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PENGGUNAAN TENAGA KERJA LOKAL DALAM KONTEKS ESPANSI PT.TELKOM INDONESIA, TBK DI TIMOR LESTE DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF PERBANDINGAN HUKUM KETENAGAKERJAAN [PDF]
Masalah-Masalah Hukum, 2016 Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui pola perlindungan hukum sistem oustsourcing bagi tenaga kerja lokal yang bekerja pada TELIN di Timor Leste; implementasi asas keseimbangan dan kebebasan berkontrak dalam perjanjian kontrak standar di bidang ...
Elisabeth Anna Kanahebi
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Gastrointestinal Carriage of Antimicrobial Resistance in School-Aged Children in Three Municipalities of Timor-Leste [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Invasive bacterial infections are a leading cause of death in children, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Links between carriage of antimicrobial-resistant organisms and more resistant infections have been established; however, little
Tessa Oakley +13 more
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Molecular Confirmation of Taenia solium Taeniasis in Child, Timor-Leste [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe report a case of Taenia solium taeniasis in a 10-year-old child in Timor-Leste, confirmed by molecular analysis, suggesting T. solium transmission to humans is occurring in Timor-Leste. Proactive measures are needed to improve public understanding of
Hanna Jin +7 more
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National cross-sectional cluster survey of tuberculosis prevalence in Timor-Leste: a study protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Timor-Leste has one of the world’s highest estimated tuberculosis (TB) incidences, yet the data which informs this estimate is limited and the true burden of TB disease is not known.
Joana Dias +13 more
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