Medical supplies and equipment have been looted or destroyed. Most of the population is without access to preventive medical care and treatment.
Most people lack clean water and adequate sanitation.
Doctors and nurses are in chronic short supply. Diarrhoea, dehydration, upper respiratory diseases, skin diseases, malaria, tuberculosis, physical trauma, complications with childbirth after physical trauma, and mental health problems, are major concerns. East Timor must rapidly reconstruct and restock medical facilities.