I especially love that we are fighting preventable diseases, as well as building on the capacity of medical professional by providing training, technology, materials and mentorship in order to advance a quality healthcare in Timor-Leste.
As a Timorese youth, I wanted to contribute to the development of our country such as helping people who live in the remote areas that have difficulties to access to Health services.
I am working with Maluk Timor to help strengthen health services to help prevent and mitigate infections and other diseases so that everyone can have a healthy life.
30 years’ experience in health, international development, disability and the not for profit sector. Established and ran a legal practice in health law and regulation.
Clare has 25 years of experience in tertiary hospital medical practice, specifically in the field of paediatric infection and is a specialist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital.
I work with oral health, nutrition and operations at MT. The words that I would like to use to describe the work I do are brave, intense, significant, exciting and ridiculous.
As a doctor, I’m extremely excited to support my colleges to increase their knowledge and abilities and enhance the Health System’s quality by conducting training and capacity building on infectious diseases.
I hope one day, all Timorese citizens will have access to an excellent quality of health service in which we are handled appropriately and with dignity.
I am happy to be working as an educator in Timor-Leste for supporting health professional trainings in all Healthcare Centres in Dili and other municipalities.
Do you know there only seven government dentists in all of Timor-Leste! I’m sad that Oral Health is not a priority in my country – I hope that one day soon this recognition will come.
What excites me about working for a better healthcare system is seeing community based healthcare workers keep going even though they have limited equipment to do their work.
Growing up as an Australian-Timorese and through my travels between Australia and Timor-Leste, I learnt how privileged I was to have access to a strong healthcare system.
I wish together we can help to foster an environment of constant improvement by giving our team the tools and drive to be able to grow and develop to improve health systems in TL.
I believe that in order to contribute to the development of our country, it is especially important to have a strong understanding and skills in Information and Communication and Technology.
