UNICEF supports Timor-Leste’s digital health system with funding from Japan

Dili, 5th November 2024 -  UNICEF has officially handed over 98 computer tablets and 84 routers, to the Ministry of Health to expand digital health technology in 73 Community Health Centres and 14 municipalities health services across the country. 

The distribution of the ICT equipment is being done under the project, “Supporting Digital Health System for Infectious Diseases Control in Southeast and East Asia,” which is being managed by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan. 

These digital devices will boost the Ministry of Health’s digital health system through expanding the digital health mobile application and web-based platform, to enhance data management. 

In 2021, UNICEF supported the Ministry of Health to register and record the COVID-19 vaccination through this mobile application which also served as a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate. This current collaborative support of UNICEF and the Government of Japan will help to now expand this application to record the details of each individual who visits the health facilities for any kind of health services.

“The Ministry of Health appreciates this generous supply of computer tablets, which will go a long way to help the Ministry to swiftly manage and transmit health data from community health center and municipalities.  With this support at all levels of the health delivery system in the country, will strengthen the health system and enhance the quality of data they collect, boost the evidence-based management of the child healthcare system and therefore help to improve overall quality of health care system and delivery of healthcare services to all citizens,” said Vice Minister of Health, Sr José dos Reis Magno. 

This support to the MoH will greatly enhance sub national level capacity to phase out paper-based data management systems, and build a more resilient and robust health system, which can efficiently manage patient information, facilitate communication, and make data-driven decisions to enhance public health initiatives. 

Over the course of the next months, health workers at municipal and health facility level will receive intense training on the use of the computer tablets, to ensure the generation of quality data from municipal level and the timely transmission of this data to the national health database.

“Japan has been supporting the development of Timor-Leste for 25 years, beginning before its independence in 1999. We have engaged in various initiatives in the health sector, implementing over 60 health-related projects throughout the country. We hope that you will make most of use of this project to enhance the healthcare system. We are pleased that Japan can contribute to strengthening the health management system in Timor-Leste,” said KIMURA Tetsuya, Ambassador of Japan to Timor-Leste. 

“A strong, digital health system is crucial to ensure that every child’s health needs are efficiently responded to through the national health system.  UNICEF is extremely proud to contribute to Timor-Leste’s national drive in this area and is grateful to the Government of Japan for the ongoing, all-round support to the health and wellbeing of Timor-Leste’s children,” said Cheah Yew Hee, UNICEF Timor-Leste Officer in Charge. 

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UNICEF apoia Timor-Leste nia sistema dijitál saúde  ho finansiamentu husi Japaun

Dili, 5 Novembru 2024 - Governu Japaun ho UNICEF ofisialmente entrega ona tablet komputadór 98 no router 84 ba Ministériu Saúde hodi habelar teknolojia saúde dijitál iha Sentru Saúde Komunitária 73 no Servisu Saúde iha munisípiu 14 iha nasaun laran tomak. 

Distribuisaun ekipamentu ICT nian hala'o iha ámbitu projetu, "Apoia Sistema Saúde Dijitál ba Kontrolu Moras Infesioza sira iha Sudeste no Leste Aziátiku," ne'ebé jere hosi UNICEF ho finansiamentu hosi Governu Japaun.

Ekipamentu dijitál hirak-ne'e sei mellora sistema saúde dijitál Ministériu Saúde nian liuhusi habelar aplikasaun dijitál saúde movel no plataforma bazeia ba website, hodi mellora jestaun dadus.

Iha tinan 2021, UNICEF fó apoiu ba Ministériu Saúde hodi rejista no rai dadus vasinasaun COVID-19 liuhosi aplikasaun movel ne'e, ne'ebé mós serve hanesan sertifikadu vasinasaun dijitál COVID-19. Apoiu kolaborativu ne’ebé mak agora dau-daun mai husi UNICEF no Governu Japaun ne’e, sei ajuda atu habelar aplikasaun ida-ne'e hodi rejista detallu husi ema ida-idak ne'ebé mak vizita fasilidade saúde sira ba kualkér asistensia saúde.

"Ministériu Saúde apresia fornesimentu tablet komputadór ne'ebé oferese ho laran-luak ne’e, ne'ebé sei ajuda Ministériu atu jere lalais no transmite dadus saúde husi Sentru Saúde Komunitária no munisípiu sira. Ho apoiu ida-ne'e iha nivel hotu-hotu, sistema prestasaun saúde iha nasaun ne'e,  sei haforsa systema saude no hasa'e kualidade dadus ne'ebé sira halibur, mellora jestaun bazeia ba evidénsia ba sistema saúde labarik nian, no tanba ne'e, sei tulun hadi'ak kualidade jerál sistema kuidadu saúde no prestasaun servisu saúde ba sidadaun hotu-hotu," dehan Vise-Ministru Saúde, S.E. José dos Reis Magno.

Apoiu ba Ministériu Saúde ne’e sei hasa'e kapasidade sub-nivel nasionál hodi halakon sistema jestaun dadus ne’ebé mak bazeia ba surat-tahan, no harii sistema saúde ida-ne'ebé reziliente no forte liu, ne'ebé bele jere informasaun pasiente ho efisiente, fasilita komunikasaun, no foti desizaun bazeia ba dadus hodi mellora inisiativa saúde públika.

Durante fulan hirak tuir mai, pesoál saúde sira iha nivel munisípiu no fasilidade saúde sei hetan treinamentu maka'as kona-ba utilizasaun tablet komputadór hirak ne’e, atu asegura hetan dadus ho kualidade husi nivel munisípiu no transmisaun dadus tuir tempu atual ba baze dadus nasionál saúde.

“Japaun fó ona apoiu ba dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste durante tinan 25, hahú molok ninia independénsia iha tinan 1999. Ami envolve ona iha inisiativa oioin iha setór saúde, implementa projetu relasionadu ho saúde liu 60 iha nasaun laran tomak. Ami hein katak ita-boot sei aproveita projetu ida-ne'e hodi hadi'a sistema kuidadu saúde nian. Ami sente kontente tanba Japaun bele kontribui hodi hametin sistema jestaun saúde iha Timor-Leste,” dehan KIMURA Tetsuya, Embaixadór Japaun iha Timor-Leste.

"Sistema saúde dijitál ida-ne'ebé forte mak importante tebes atu asegura katak labarik ida-idak nia nesesidade saúde hetan resposta efisiente liu husi sistema saúde nasionál. UNICEF sente orgullu tebes hodi kontribui ba Timor-Leste nia esforsu nasionál iha área ida-ne'e no agradese ba Governu Japaun ba apoiu ne'ebé la'o dau-dauk ba labarik sira-nia saúde no moris-di'ak," dehan Cheah Yew Hee, Officer in Charge UNICEF Timor-Leste.

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