Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a low HIV-prevalence country with less than 0.2 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive. However, social factors such as massive social dislocation, cross-border migration, high unemployment, and a weak and limited health system could dramatically increase the spread of HIV infection. Many young people are not well-equipped with the knowledge and life skills to manage HIV risk in an increasingly challenging environment.
Prior to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant for Timor-Leste to scale up the national response to HIV/AIDS, from 2003 to 2006, USAID supported the development of Timor-Leste’s first National HIV/AIDS program. It was the first and only project about HIV/AIDS in the entire country from 2003 to 2006.
USAID is an active member of the National Country Coordinating Mechanism that oversees all Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants in the country. In 2006, USAID provided technical support to the National Country Coordinating Mechanism (NCCM) in order to fulfill additional requirements before signing the Global Fund Round 5 proposal for HIV/AIDS.
View the USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Timor-Leste - February 2008 [PDF,
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