by Eleanor MacMorran | Apr 17, 2019 | HIV/AIDS, Staff Stories
The first time Beatriz* started taking treatment for HIV was around a year ago. She stopped taking it after just two days. In Timor Leste, the anti-viral tablet we usually prescribe for HIV frequently causes nausea, nightmares and dizziness. A year ago, Beatriz had no...
by Eleanor MacMorran | Apr 10, 2019 | HIV/AIDS, Staff Stories
Procession of the pink plastic table to its new home in the antenatal clinic. You might think that this is a cheap plastic table with some laminated cards tied on with pieces of string. You wouldn’t be wrong about that. What might not be obvious to a casual observer...
by Eleanor MacMorran | Apr 9, 2019 | HIV/AIDS, Staff Stories
The team: Madalena, Nina, Eleanor, Dircia, Alfredo, Ano and Odilia. Sitting on the floor of Office World surrounded by stationery, I am overcome with doubt. Dircia and I have been here for the last half hour, and I am now certain that the wrong choice of file divider...
by Eleanor MacMorran | Apr 3, 2019 | HIV/AIDS, Staff Stories
Our HIV clinic was flooded last week. One learns to expect rain in the rainy season, but the downpour on the weekend saw much of Dili under water. By the time I had sloshed my way into work on Monday, my ultra-efficient team had already dispatched most of the mud. We...
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 | 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 Dr Bethany Beckett | Jun 3, 2018 | HIV/AIDS
Sadly, Tuberculosis is vulnerable to an HIV epidemic. There is still so much to be done working on the frontline in the fight against HIV. It is a space Maluk Timor is passionate about and has a lot of clinical expertise in. Program leader Mana Dircia and HCW...
by Helen Moorfoot | Apr 15, 2018 | Donors and Fundraising, HIV/AIDS
Recently a group of high school students from Finley were toured around by around Vera Cruz by Dr Jeremy. Finley is a town near the NSW/Vic border. They raised US$5,000 for our HIV refurbishment. Maluk Timor have been given the task of establishing an HIV diagnostic...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 3, 2017 | HIV/AIDS
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...
