In Timor-Leste's remote villages, the clinic now comes to the village — screening, treatment and all

For families in Timor-Leste's hill villages, a clinic visit can mean hours of travel over flood- or landslide-cut roads. So once a month, the clinic travels instead: an integrated health outreach 'one-stop shop' that registers each child into the national digital health system, screens for malnutrition with a simple arm-circumference tape, checks pregnancies and treats what it finds, on the spot. Delfina brought her daughter Zenesia for a check-up and to have a rash on her leg looked at — registration first, then screening, then care, all in her own community. The stakes are high: nearly half of Timor-Leste's children under five are affected by stunting, the lasting growth damage caused by poor nutrition early in life, and catching it early is exactly what these monthly visits are built to do. UNICEF supports the model, which links even the hardest-to-reach villages into follow-up care so no child is missed.

SDG 3 · Good health and well-being — Mechanism: institutional program