Advocating For Health: A Short Handbook on Advocacy for CSOs Promoting Inclusive and Effective Health Services in Timor-Leste

This short handbook presents information and guidance to inform the advocacy efforts of REBAS-TL and its member CSOs. The handbook—prepared collaboratively by health CSOs, community leaders, FONGTIL, the Ministry of Health, and the USAID Local Health System Sustainability Activity—provides information on what advocacy means, why it is important, and how it can be undertaken. Health CSOs that work on different themes, such as maternal and child health; nutrition; HIV; tuberculosis; people with disabilities; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues, contributed to this document.