by Helen Moorfoot | Jun 13, 2019 | News, Volunteer Stories
Congratulations to Paediatric Infection Specialist Dr Clare Nourse who has been appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia (General Division) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019 for her ‘significant service to medicine in the field of...
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 | 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 Helen Moorfoot | Sep 4, 2018 | News
Welcome to our last newsletter for the 2017/2018 financial year, if you were thinking of making a donation now is the best time of year to do so. We know that poor health in childhood leads to disease and disability in adulthood. The children of today are...
by Chris Fenton | Aug 21, 2018 | News
Welcome to our first newsletter for 2018. We are at an exciting point: launching a lot of new activities with Maluk Timor, hiring new staff, meeting a lot of potential volunteers and partners, and finding new opportunities everywhere we look. It means our imaginations...
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 Chris Fenton | Aug 3, 2018 | News
Continuing on…. We have found that instead of having to spend energy on some non-core things, we can now focus entirely on improving the quality and the quantity of care being provided to the beautiful people of Timor-Leste across what is now 9 different...
by Dr Bethany Beckett | Jul 20, 2018 | News
On a visit to Timor Leste, these lucky students have interactive discussions with the good people from Engineers Without Borders (EWB) We reflected on how the design of a country’s infrastructure and facilities impact the delivery of health services. In Timor Leste,...
by Helen Moorfoot | Apr 27, 2018 | News
Timorese Society Timorese people have always formed a rich and effective society, a complex hierarchical organisation based on elaborate cultural, political and economic systems. For centuries, rites in animist traditions accompanied and expressed the culture, thus...
by Doctor Jeremy | Dec 8, 2017 | News, 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...
