Triage program launched at Vera Cruz Community Health Centre
Celebrating the launch of the triage program at Vera Cruz Community Health Centre. So good to be able to upskill and coach local staff in this area. It ensures assessment of sick people is not delayed, children with malnutrition are not missed and possible TB patients...
You can’t hold our professional and enthusiastic Dental nurse team back!
You can’t hold our professional and enthusiastic Dental nurse team back! Broken down car, no problems, there are always 🏍. Luis, Efi and our new Volunteering dental nurse hit their third school doing screening in Tibar. Persistent and systematically working their way...
Tuberculosis – working on gaining control of this epidemic
Tuberculosis is the number 1 killer in Timor-Leste, and there are so many barriers to be overcome in gaining control of this epidemic. Maluk Timor is working to increase the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TB across TL. Our program, only 6 months...
Sadly, TL is vulnerable to an HIV epidemic
Sadly, TL is vulnerable to a HIV epidemic. There is still so much to be done working on the frontline in the fight against HIV. It is a space MALUK is passionate about and has a lot of clinical expertise in. Program leader Mana Dircia and HCW counsellor Maun Ano are...
We sure are missing our social health worker Mana Lucia’s vibrant face at Maluk
We sure are missing our social health worker Mana Lucia’s vibrant face at MT. Thanks to a *Rotary exchange* program she is off in Townsville for ten weeks doing a social work placement in a women’s refuge. Such a wonderful experience. We look forward to her return and...
A glimpses of the future in Dentistry
A glimpses of the future. Dr Inda, a young Timorese dental professional was trained in the Philippines, mentored by Aussies dentists for a few years in her early career is now developing material and delivering dental training to our Timorese Family Medicine GP...
Timorese doctor training on disability and it’s impact
As part of exposing and increase the understanding of Timorese doctors to disability and it’s impact they have joined Klibur Domin on their home visits into the surrounding region. They are doing a medical assessment on the clients and learning about how to give...
58 women celebrating women’s week including talking about HIV
This is Suco Bikeli, Aldeia Uaro-Ana in Atauro. They invited us and Empreza Diak to join with them in celebrating women's week. It was a very special week for them and we are happy and honoured to be a part of it. They specifically requested to discuss HIV and...
Sharing information surrounding issues with HIV and reproductive health
Then they were off to Suco Beloi to share and discuss information surrounding issues with HIV and reproductive health. This time our Hakbi’it Feto Group was joined by both women and men, junior high students and SOLS students. The more the merrier. Intergenerational...
The dental health screening in schools by Maluk Timor
The dental health of Timor Leste needs not only capacity building for practical skills experience but is so often hindered by a lack of medication. Can you imagine having a tooth extraction without local Anaethetics? ????????Didn’t think so. So the rotting tooth stays...
Malnutrition screening underway with partners Vera Cruz Community Health Centre
Malnutrition screening is underway with MOH partners Vera Cruz Community Heath Centre - CHC. Second phase of screening and data collection will help us to understand the scope of the problem and resources needed to address this major issue affecting the children in...
Every time we go to a MOH, WHO, Justice, District offices they say….
..... or any office really.........They always ask us, ‘Yes those programs are all very good, but why are you not doing anything in.... Nurse triage training Smoking prevention TB infection control at National Hospital Oral health/dental Mental health Malnutrition...
Triage training is underway at Vera Cruz
Triage training is underway at Vera Cruz ???? the groundwork was laid, discussion and feedback sort. Time to explain the process to the doctors, nurses and patients. For the 200 - 300 patients a day, this will revolutionise the wait times for those acutely unwell,...
Hearts and Minds
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...
Maluk Timor Dental Nurses join teams with Klibur Domin Dental Nurse
Maluk Timor Dental Nurses join teams with Klibur Domin Dental Nurse to do Dental Education in Escola Basica Tulau Tibar. The students were screened then brought back to clinic for treatments as needed. Will sticky lollies & soda company’s ever have to answer for what...
Training via Skype with our Australian subcommittee on social issues
Program update and engagement with our Australian subcommittee. Such a achievement to have our Timorese midwives, social health workers and Healthcare workers discussing the issues with senior staff in Australia on skype. Holding their own in discussion . A Senior...
Dentistry – the changing culture of adult peer education
A glimpses of the future. Dr Inda, a young Timorese dental professional was trained in the Philippines, mentored by Aussies dentists for a few years in her early career is now developing material and delivering dental training to our Timorese Family Medicine GP...
Lest We forget….. Australia owes TL a great deal…
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...
Great People
They tell you to surround yourself with great people. It struck me yesterday that we have. Sitting at my flimsy little office desk I am as comfortable, inspired and energetic as I’ve felt for years. There’s no big salary and no high-tech resources at my disposal....
5 cardiologists, 700 students to scan in 2.5 days – BROKEN MACHINE !
On Monday we found ourselves set up for screening at the school in Cailaco with 4 echocardiography machines and 5 cardiologists and over 700 students to scan in 2.5 days !!!! We faced a big challenge figuring out who was going to make the long and difficult drive...