Up to 10,000 kids with Rheumatic Heart Disease in T- L
"You can stop the progression, you can give treatment, you can stop kids from becoming unwell, getting severe rheumatic heart disease, stop them from needing heart surgery, stop them from dying," Dr Francis said. Read this ABC News story....
Aussie School kids get to see where their money will help
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...
Lessons from a misspent youth
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:...
Fancy Resusitation Manikins with lights !
The Nursing & Midwifery Education program at Maluk Timor has been busily preparing for their first training program that is soon to be delivered at Vera Cruz Community Health Centre (CHC). Late last year, the Nursing & Midwifery team met with the heads of the CHC’s...
Donors like Joan and you and me …..
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.....by Margaret Mead. Over the years so many people have helped us financially to help the poorest people in East Timor. Ordinary people helping accomplish...
Maluk Timor working in conjunctions with ‘East Timor Hearts Funds’
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...
RACS funding the training room improvements
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...
3% of Timorese Kids have Rheumatic Heart Disease
When people understand their bodies, it empowers them to take care of themselves physically. This is even more important if you HAVE Rheumatic Heart Disease but no external sign of this. You are asking someone to have uncomfortable monthly injections til mid...
Rheumatic Heart Disease program with East Timor Hearts Fund
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...
Women’s health & social care
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 is...
Doctor Training program
The Medical Training program has continued uninterrupted, and continues to raise the standards for Family Medicine training in Timor-Leste. In the distant communities of this nation, every doctor needs to practice like a true family physician: able to deal with...
Nurse and midwife training
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 of...
The tuberculosis 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,...
HIV Program
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...
The malnutrition program
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...