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...
by Doctor Jeremy | Apr 11, 2018 | Dr Jeremy's Blog
I didn’t know it at the time, but it turns out I’ve been preparing for my life in Timor Leste since I was a young boy. I chose two particularly frustrating pursuits as my childhood hobbies and it’s finally paying off. One of those was fishing. I was mad about fishing:...
by Doctor Jeremy | Mar 8, 2018 | Mobile Clinic, On the ground, Rheumatic Heart Disease
Maluk Timor is working in conjunction with East Timor Hearts Funds . Our Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) program has been gathering speed in recent months. In December 2017, while the regular visits to Letefoho and other centres in Ermera continued, the team hosted an...
by Doctor Jeremy | Mar 7, 2018 | Capacity Building, Timorese Doctor Training program
We partner with RACS (Royal Australian College of Surgeons) to deliver the Family Medicine training program. Dr Bethany leads a team of medical educators preparing Timorese doctors for their future work in the inaccessible districts of Timor-Leste. Much of our...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 8, 2017 | News, On the ground, Rheumatic Heart Disease
The Rheumatic Heart Disease program, in close conjunction with partner East Timor Hearts Fund (ETHF), hit the ground running. Under the new leadership of Ricardo Flavio (Ricky), the team has been kept very busy: the delivery of penicillin to school children with...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 7, 2017 | Malnutrition, Mobile Clinic, On the ground, Womens Health
The Women’s Health & Social Care program, largely funded by the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), also keeps up a frenetic pace. Regular visits to five communities in the districts of Timor-Leste have resumed, leading Women’s Clubs in each. A sixth community...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 5, 2017 | Nursing and Midwifery, Womens Health
The Nurse & Midwife Training program is the next furthest progressed, under the leadership of Australian RN, Lauren Crase. This program has been taking shape in recent weeks, in close partnership with St John of God Health, laying the groundwork for the training...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 4, 2017 | Capacity Building, TB Program
The Tuberculosis program is still in development, but will be ready to launch in February 2018. Our organisation has a terrific history in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, the world’s number one infectious killer (and Timor-Leste sits number 1 in Asia,...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 3, 2017 | HIV/AIDS, On the ground, Projects
The HIV program is also still in a development phase. Led by our HIV Doctor, Dr Tony Elias, we’ve been working closely with the Ministry of Health and National HIV Program to plan the development of a new HIV centre. Our history in HIV care is very strong, and our...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 2, 2017 | Malnutrition, On the ground
The Malnutrition program is also taking shape. We recognise the enormous need – Timor Leste has the worst malnutrition outside of Africa – and we know we have a proven track record in delivering quality malnutrition care. Approximately one in four children with severe...
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