Maluk Timor staff and volunteers getting the Astra Zeneca vaccine
As we rebuild from the Easter floods here in Timor, vaccinations will be key to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and keeping our communities safe. Our COVID-19 team has been giving essential vaccine training to healthcare providers throughout Timor, and they themselves...
Caught up and Cut off
Imagine that you took the leap to relocate your family from a life of subsistence farming on the hillsides of rural Timor-Leste to the nation’s capital, Dili, in pursuit of better opportunities for your children. Education, employment and access to key services...
Flood update from CEO Dr Raj
Hello everyone, You’re maybe aware of the extensive flooding in Dili and other parts of Timor. The impact so far has been 21 deaths, and greater than 2000 households impacted. There are several thousand in emergency evacuation centres in Dili. Conditions at the...
Energy and persistence conquer all things – HIV training is being rolled out
As you may have read this week we farewelled the wonderful Dr Eleanor MacMorran – all though there were plenty of tears, we know she’ll be back again early next year. Eleanor, an Infectious Diseases specialist from Tasmania, joined us two years ago when...
Australian Volunteers International (AVI’s) doing good
The below story appeared on the Australian Embassy’s facebook page about ‘OUR JESS’ – one of the marvellous Australians currently working as an AVI….link About Jess Harries…. Australia in Timor-Leste Health NGO Maluk Timor has...
We have won the 1st battle but the Covid war is far from over
Update 7/7/2020 It’s remarkable that Timor-Leste has successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic to just 24 confirmed cases and we are enormously proud to have played our part. We are only one contributor among many, standing alongside the Ministry of Health,...
Reflections from quarantine after 2 years teaching Doctors in Dili
Greetings from Darwin, where the 2 weeks of quarantine has afforded the opportunity to reflect on 22 months in Timor L’este. One of the unexpected bonuses of working overseas, is the opportunity to intersect with some exceptional people – creative, innovative,...
Social media is saving lives
Timor-Leste can be congratulated for how well it has responded to the current world pandemic so far and the Maluk Timor has had a huge hand in this. For those of you who visit our Facebook page you will have noticed a lot of health promotion and messages in Tetun...