Guido Valadares National Hospital, the Glossary

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1. 92 relations: ABC News (Australia), Acupuncture, Aileu Municipality, Angiology, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australian College of Nursing, Australian Society of Anaesthetists, Biochemistry, Blood transfusion, BMC Health Services Research, Cardiology, Cataract, Cholera, ConocoPhillips, COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor, Cristo Rei Administrative Post, Dengue fever, Dentistry, Dermatology, Diagnostic microbiology, Dili, Dili Municipality, Elective surgery, Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Ermera Municipality, First Lady of East Timor, Fretilin, General surgery, Guido Valadares, Health care, Hematology, Histopathology, HIV/AIDS, I Constitutional Government of East Timor, Indonesian language, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Inpatient care, Internal medicine, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Finance Corporation, Júlio Sarmento da Costa, Kirsty Sword Gusmão, Liquiçá Municipality, List of hospitals in East Timor, Lusa News Agency, Manatuto Municipality, Mari Alkatiri, Medical evacuation, Medical laboratory, ... Expand index (42 more) »

2. Buildings and structures in Dili
3. Government buildings in East Timor
4. Hospitals in East Timor

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.

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Aileu Municipality

Aileu is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor.

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Angiology

Angiology (from Greek ἀγγεῖον, angeīon, "vessel"; and -λογία, -logia) is the medical specialty dedicated to studying the circulatory system and of the lymphatic system, i.e., arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels.

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Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is an Australian Government statutory agency that forms part of the overseas aid program in the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio, reporting to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Australian College of Nursing

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN), formed in 2012 from a merger of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia and the College of Nursing, is the professional body for nursing in Australia.

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Australian Society of Anaesthetists

The Australian Society of Anaesthetists is an association that seeks to further the best interests of anaesthesia and anaesthetists.

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

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Blood transfusion

Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously.

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BMC Health Services Research

BMC Health Services Research is an open access healthcare journal, which covers research on the subject of health services.

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Cardiology

Cardiology is the study of the heart.

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Cataract

A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision of the eye.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production.

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COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor

The COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Cristo Rei Administrative Post

Cristo Rei (Portuguese, 'Christ the King'), officially Cristo Rei Administrative Post, is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Dili municipality, East Timor.

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas.

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Dentistry

Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth.

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Dermatology

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.

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Diagnostic microbiology

Diagnostic microbiology is the study of microbial identification.

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Dili

Dili (Portuguese and Tetum: Díli) is the capital and largest city of East Timor.

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Dili Municipality

Dili Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili.

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Elective surgery

Elective surgery or elective procedure is surgery that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency.

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Emergency department

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.

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Emergency medicine

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.

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Ermera Municipality

Ermera is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the west-central part of the country.

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First Lady of East Timor

The first lady of East Timor (Portuguese: Primeira-dama de Timor-Leste) is the title attributed to the wife of the president of East Timor.

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Fretilin

The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor.

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General surgery

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland.

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Guido Valadares

Guido Valadares (born 12 June 1934 in Dili; died 30 August 1976) was a Timorese politician and independence activist.

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Health care

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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Hematology

Hematology (always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.

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Histopathology

Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos 'tissue', πάθος pathos 'suffering', and -λογία -logia 'study of') is the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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I Constitutional Government of East Timor

The I Constitutional Government (I Governo Constitucional, I Governu Konstitusionál) was the first Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor.

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Indonesian language

Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia.

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Indonesian occupation of East Timor

The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999.

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Inpatient care

Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital.

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Internal medicine

Internal medicine, also known as general internal medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases in adults.

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International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize laureate.

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International Finance Corporation

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries.

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Júlio Sarmento da Costa

Júlio Sarmento da Costa (20 July 1959 – 24 May 2024), also known by his nom de guerre italic, was an East Timorese politician and a member of the Democratic Party (PD).

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Kirsty Sword Gusmão

Kirsty Sword Gusmão, (born Kirsty Sword; 19 April 1966) is an Australian-East Timorese activist who served as the First Lady of East Timor from 2002 until 2007.

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Liquiçá Municipality

Liquiçá is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor.

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List of hospitals in East Timor

This is a list of hospitals in East Timor. Guido Valadares National Hospital and list of hospitals in East Timor are hospitals in East Timor.

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Lusa News Agency

The Lusa News Agency (Lusa – Agência de Notícias de Portugal, SA) is the largest news agency in Portugal, as well as the largest news agency in the Portuguese language, incorporated on 28 November 1986 under the name of Agência Lusa — Cooperativa de Interesse Público de Responsabilidade Limitada (Lusa Agency - Public Interest Cooperative with Limited Liability) or simply Lusa - CIPRL, following the extinction of the earlier Portuguese news agency ANOP Agência Noticiosa Portuguesa (Portuguese News Agency).

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Manatuto Municipality

Manatuto is one of the municipalities (formerly districts) of East Timor, located in the central part of the country.

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Mari Alkatiri

Mari bin Amude Alkatiri (مرعي بن عمودة الكثيري; born 26 November 1949) is a Timorese politician.

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Medical evacuation

Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.

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Medical laboratory

A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are conducted out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Medicine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journal)

Medicine is an open access peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, an imprint of Wolters Kluwer.

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Memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is a type of agreement between two (bilateral) or more (multilateral) parties.

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Minister of Health (East Timor)

The Minister of Health (Ministra da Saúde, Ministra Saúde) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of East Timor heading the Ministry of Health.

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Ministry of Finance (East Timor)

The Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance (MOF; Ministério das Finanças, Ministeriu Finansas) is the government department of East Timor accountable for the government budget and public finances.

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Ministry of Health (East Timor)

The Ministry of Health (MS; Ministério da Saúde, Ministériu Saúde) is the government department of East Timor accountable for health policy.

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Mission Aviation Fellowship

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is an Evangelical Christian organization that provides aviation, communications, and learning technology services to more than 1,000 Christian and humanitarian agencies, as well as thousands of isolated missionaries and indigenous villagers in the world's most remote areas.

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Municipalities of East Timor

East Timor is divided into 14 municipalities (municípios, munisípiu), which are former districts.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Obstetrics and gynaecology

Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynaecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system – vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts).

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Odete Maria Freitas Belo

Odete Maria Freitas Belo (born 21 February 1966) is an East Timorese physician and politician, and a member of the Fretilin political party.

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Optometry

Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities.

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Otorhinolaryngology

Otorhinolaryngology (abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck.

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Outpatient department

An outpatient department or outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care.

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Oxford Policy Management

Oxford Policy Management (OPM) is an international development consulting firm which aims to help low- and middle-income countries achieve growth and reduce poverty and disadvantage through public policy reform.

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Pediatrics

Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines.

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Physical therapy

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease prevention, and health promotion.

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Primary care

Primary care is a model of care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care.

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Prime Minister of East Timor

The prime minister of East Timor, officially the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (Primeiro-Ministro da República Democrática de Timor-Leste; Primeiru-Ministru Republika Demokratika Timor-Leste), is the head of government in East Timor.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Public hospital

A public hospital, or government hospital, is a hospital which is government owned and is fully funded by the government and operates solely off the money that is collected from taxpayers to fund healthcare initiatives.

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Radiology

Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals.

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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the leading advocate for surgical standards, professionalism and surgical education in Australia and New Zealand.

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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the establishment of high standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and women’s health.

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Royal Darwin Hospital

The Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is a 360-bed Australian teaching hospital located in Tiwi, a northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.

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Santos Limited

Santos Ltd. (South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search) is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, with its headquarters in Adelaide, South Australia.

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St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is a Catholic provider of health care services in Australia, with 24 hospitals and facilities comprising more than 3,400 beds.

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Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.

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Tatoli

Tatoli, formerly known as Timor-Leste News Agency (Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (ANTIL)), is the official state run news agency of East Timor.

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Taur Matan Ruak

José Maria de Vasconcelos (born 10 October 1956), popularly known as Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for "Two Sharp Eyes"), is an East Timorese politician who served as 8th prime minister of East Timor from 2018 to 2023.

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Teaching hospital

A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals.

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Tertiary referral hospital

A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides tertiary care, which is a level of health care obtained from specialists in a large hospital after referral from the providers of primary care and secondary care.

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Timor Sea

The Timor Sea (Laut Timor, Mar de Timor, Tasi Mane or Tasi Timór) is a relatively shallow sea in the Indian Ocean bounded to the north by the island of Timor with Timor-Leste to the north, Indonesia to the northwest, Arafura Sea to the east, and to the south by Australia.

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Union of Catholic Asian News

The Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) is a news agency that covers issues and matters of interest for the Catholic Church on the Asian continent.

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United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor

The United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) was established on 25 August 2006 by UN Security Council Resolution 1704.

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United Nations Population Fund

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

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V Constitutional Government of East Timor

The V Constitutional Government (V Governo Constitucional, V Governu Konstitusionál) was the fifth Constitutional Government (administration or cabinet) under the Constitution of East Timor.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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1975 Council of Ministers of East Timor

The 1975 Council of Ministers (Conselho de Ministros, Konsellu Ministrus) was the Council of Ministers formed by the Fretilin political party in 1975 as the inaugural administration or cabinet of the Democratic Republic of East Timor proclaimed in November 1975.

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1999 East Timorese crisis

The 1999 East Timorese crisis began with attacks by pro-Indonesia militia groups on civilians, and expanded to general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Dili

• An-Nur Mosque (Dili)
• Banco Nacional Ultramarino building, Dili
• CPLP Bridge
• Casa Europa
• Chinese Temple of Dili
• Dili Harbor Lighthouse
• Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital
• Government Palace, Dili
• Guido Valadares National Hospital
• Hinode Bridge
• Hotel Dili
• Hotel Timor
• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili
• Motael Church
• Municipal Market of Dili
• National Archives of East Timor
• National Stadium (East Timor)
• Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace
• Palácio das Cinzas
• Palácio de Lahane
• President B. J. Habibie Bridge
• Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
• Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum
• Toko Lay

Government buildings in East Timor

• Ai Pelo Prison
• Casa Europa
• Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital
• Government Palace, Dili
• Guido Valadares National Hospital
• Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado
• Municipal Market of Baucau
• Municipal Market of Dili
• Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace
• Palácio das Cinzas
• Palácio de Lahane
• Suai Prison

Hospitals in East Timor

• Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital
• Guido Valadares National Hospital
• List of hospitals in East Timor

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Valadares_National_Hospital

Also known as Guido Valdares National Hospital, Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares.

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