A vendor from the administrative post of Letefoho, in the municipality of Ermera, Carlito Fernandes, said in his municipality there aren’t opportunities for vendors like him to sell their produce, leaving them no other option than to try their luck s in the capital Dili. Nevertheless, once in the capital, municipal vendors are not given space inside the local markets driving them to try to make a sale on the streets even though they are aware they are breaking local laws.

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The Executive Director of the Alola Foundation (FA), Maria Imaculada Guterres, said Timorese society still believes in traditional treatments for cancer first, and this is validated by the fact 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer turn to traditional medicines first and until their condition is grave before going to a health clinic, and for many this proves fatal.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) of Timor-Leste, Pedro dos Reis, said a report analysing acute food security during the year of 2022, shows that 300,000 Timorese or 22% of the total population face acute food insecurity.

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The Deputy Secretary General of the CNRT political party, Cedelizia dos Santos, said the party has women with political potential at the national level and all the way down to the local level and they will give their best and compete during the upcoming parliamentary election in 2023.

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The Chief of the National Tuberculosis Program in the Ministry of Health, Costantino Lopes said 40% of the 5370 individuals screened through community household screenings in 2022 were found to be positive for the tuberculosis bacteria.

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Representative in Timor-Leste, Pressia Arifín-Cabo, said the agency will mobilise resources to support the government establish the reasons for the high number of stillbirths or babies dying in the womb across health centres in the country, and how to prevent these moving forward.

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