by Doctor Jeremy | Mar 20, 2019 | Timorese Doctors
Dr Anferida Monteiro Fernandes, or “Dr Ella” as she is known, works in a remote health post in the subdistrict of Los Palos at the far eastern end of Timor-Leste. “I am the only doctor at my health post… from Dili by bus it’s about 8 hours.” Having grown up in Los...
by Doctor Jeremy | Mar 11, 2019 | Staff Stories, Timorese Doctors
In 2018, Drs Lindsay and Dianne Sherriff farewelled their home and country practice of 25 years in Kerang, Victoria and set out on a new chapter in Timor-Leste. For Dianne this was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream that began with a visit to Timor-Leste as a school...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 11, 2018 | Dental Program
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by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 10, 2018 | Nursing and Midwifery
Maluk Timor is successful in its application in the inaugural round of Australian Aid: Friendship Grants – the Nursing Triage Program to be expanded. On 30 November 2018 the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, announced the successful...
by Doctor Jeremy | Nov 10, 2018 | News
One year ago, Maluk Timor launched with 2 ½ programs and 17 staff, low on resources but with high hopes. Twelve months on we find that we’ve flourished, growing into 9 programs with 50 staff. It’s been quite a ride, and we’re so glad you’ve...
by Doctor Jeremy | Nov 10, 2018 | Nursing and Midwifery
Triage Triumph Most of us take it for granted that when we arrive at an Emergency Department we will be interviewed by a nurse who makes an assessment of how urgent our condition might be. This is known as triage: determining which patients need to be seen in what...
by Doctor Jeremy | Nov 10, 2018 | HIV/AIDS
In the 1980’s HIV/AIDS was considered a death sentence. It was an horrific epidemic that destroyed people from the inside out, devastating their immune system and leaving them vulnerable to diseases of every kind. People living with HIV endured terrible stigma, even...
by Doctor Jeremy | Oct 3, 2018 | News
Last August 28, we had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate Klibur Domins achievements as they hosted Former Prime Minister and health minister, Dr. Rui Maria de Araujo. Great progress in Tuberculosis, Mental Health, Dental and Rehabilitation has been made, thanks...
by Doctor Jeremy | Aug 14, 2018 | HIV/AIDS, Malnutrition, News, Nursing and Midwifery, Timorese Doctors, Tuberculosis, Women's Health
Welcome to our Christmas newsletter. The people of East Timor are fortunate that you have chosen to continue to support Maluk Timor in its endevour to improve the health of its most marginalized. Unless you’re a regular Facebook follower, you probably have relatively...
by Doctor Jeremy | May 7, 2018 | Dr Jeremy's Blog, Rheumatic Heart Disease
April was a breakthrough month in Timor Leste with respect to one of her most crippling conditions: rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic fever is something you might read about in a Victorian romance novel, but in Timor (and northern Australia) it is a devastating...
