To provide technical assistance at the national, district, community and household levels to increase the utilization of evidence-based interventions that impact the reduction of child and mother morbidity and mortality. In focus districts, the emphasis was on increasing treatment coverage for children with pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea; prevention of malnutrition by promoting exclusive breastfeeding, proper nutrition for young children, and Vitamin A distribution; promoting delivery by skilled birth attendants; and increasing the coverage of routine immunization up-take by children less than 12 months of age.

The Threshold Program for Immunizations consists of four components aimed at strengthening Timor Leste’s score on the MCC “Immunization Coverage” indicator to above 81.5% (average of DTP3 and measles coverage) by institutionalizing the Government’s ‘Expanded Immunization Program’ thereby increasing routine immunization coverage of infants and children within three years (2011-2014). 

In FY11 4,117 people received training in maternal and newborn health; 984 people received training in child health and nutrition; 874 medical and para-medical practitioners received training in evidence-based clinical guidelines; and 927 people received training in monitoring and evaluation and strategic information management.