Reproductive and Child Health
We work with governments to improve the overall health and reduce mortality in mothers, children and newborn infants. All women should have the right to access appropriate health care services that will enable safe pregnancy, childbirth and provide families with the best chance for healthy lives. → Read More
Projects
Integrated Antenatal Care in Central Mozambique
Along with our Ministry of Health partners in central Mozambique, we help to support an integrated model of antenatal (prenatal) care, or IANC… Read More
Supporting Community Health Workers in Timor-Leste
Promotores Saude Familia (or "Family Health Promoters") needed materials to help them communicate key health practices for mothers and babies during home visits… Read More
Community Health Services in Timor-Leste
In Timor-Leste, about three-quarters of the population live in rural areas with little access to a health facility. In order to bring services and health promotion information to people… Read More
Success Stories
Service Data
- 150,588 - number of unique antenatal care visits in one year in Manica and Sofala provinces
- 84% -- percentage of women who had at least one prenatal care visit during their most recent pregnancy, up from 50% in 2003
Case Studies
Integrating Child Spacing with Maternal Care in Timor-Leste
In 2006, when HAI launched a program to promote the healthy timing and spacing of children in Timor-Leste, maternal mortality was estimated at 660 per 100,000 live births. Infant… Read More
Media
Photos
Publications
- Paper: Maternal mortality: a critical review
- Paper: East Timor in transition: health & health care
- Presentation: Increasing Community Demand for Child Spacing: The MOH as Partner (888KB, PDF)
- Presentation: Strengthening Maternal and Newborn Care in Timor Leste (414KB, PDF)
Related Blog Posts
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Surprising Results in HAI-Led Survey in Timor-Leste
One key piece of operations research included in HAI-Timor Leste's Mobile Moms project is a… Read
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HAI is the 2012 beneficary of Washington Global Health Alliance’s “Agency” initiative!
We are happy to annouce that HAI's Timor-Leste Mobile Moms Project is the beneficiary of… Read
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Mobile Moms - Liga Inan
Health Alliance International is pleased to announce the launch of a new program “Mobile… Read
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HAI’s Timor-Leste Project in the News
Aid Netherlands posted a story entitled "Safer Birth Practices: A Must in Timor-Leste,"… Read
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Rep. Jim McDermott Visits HAI in Timor-Leste
HAI-Timor-Leste was pleased to welcome Congressman Jim McDermott and others to visit our work… Read