Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor - Softcover

Program On Forced Migration And Health At The Mailman School Of Public Health, Columbia University; National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Population; Roundtable On The Demography Of Forced Migration; Morris, Ian; Nassim, Jane; Hemming, Isabel; Lobo, Sergio; De Jesus, Rui Paulo; De Araujo, Rui Maria; Saadah, Fadia; Tulloch, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309089018 ISBN 13: 9780309089012

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2003

Synopsis

In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular Consultation in August 1999, in which an overwhelming majority of the people opted for independence, was followed by several weeks of vengeful violence, looting, and destruction by pro-Indonesia militias. It left the territory and all of its essential services devastated. In this context, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), with the country's leaders and people and many other partners, set about restoring order and services, building a government structure, and preparing for independence. This paper summarizes the rehabilitation and development of the health sector from early 2000 to the end of 2001.

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Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, National Research Council,and Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309089018
• ISBN 13: 9780309089012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70