Human Resources for Health Retention Strategy in Timor-Leste

This retention strategy, along with the recruitment strategy, aims to support the MoH’s stewardship and service provision roles to recruit and retain health workers in remote areas. This document builds on the rural retention desk review conducted by USAID’s Health System Sustainability Activity (the Activity). The desk review assessed WHO’s recommendations (WHO 2010) on approaches to increase recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote areas considering the Timor-Leste context and the country’s governing laws. The desk review also assessed the existing financial and non-financial incentives and the extent to which they are implemented, including an analysis of the barriers and enablers for effective implementation.