Only 9.1% of the country's GDP is spent on health issues. This is not enough as the country is highly prone to major infectious diseases.

Common in this region are food and waterborne diseases like:

• Protozoal Diarrhea
• Bacterial Diarrhea
• Typhoid Fever
• Hepatits A

Also prevelant in Timor-Leste are diseases are vectorborne diseases like:

• Malaria
• Dengue Fever
• Chikungunya

Other health issues in Timor-Leste is that 45.3% of the children under the age of 5 are underweight and malnourished.

Methods to help with Health Issues:

1. Government needs to start improving health conditions and medications.
2. Get help from organizations such as Doctors without Borders.
3. Vaccinations at regular intervals must be provided.