Press Release – Timor-Leste
The City of Moonee Valley donates mobile phones to Liquica Municipality for use in the Liga Inan, mHealth program. Liquica, Timor-Leste, July 13 2017 On 13 July 2017, Health Alliance International had the honour of handing over a donation of 33 mobile phones on behalf...
Ama Ferik: HAI Midwife Helps Local Women Establish Home Industry
By Susan Thompson, Director of Timor-Leste Programs When HAI Timor-Leste midwife, Rara Dethan, attended the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 2016, she was supported by a Women Deliver Young Leader Scholarship. The focus of the conference was the...
Midwife Successfully Resuscitated a 1 Kg Preemie: Saving the Lives of Newborns through follow-up after training
By Rara Dethan, Quality Improvement Coordinator for HAI-Timor-Leste Ana Paula da Silva Sequera has worked as a government midwife for nine years and is a participant in HAI’s Learning Lab program. Recognized by the National Institute of Health in Timor-Leste, Learning...
Liga Inan Hotline: On Call Support to Health Providers in Timor-Leste
By Sarah Meyanathan and Olinda Baptista, HAI staff The Liga Inan hotline was launched in February 2016 and provides remote support to health providers. Designed by Catalpa International and staffed by HAI, the hotline focuses on basic trouble shooting and monitors...
Notes from the Field: Breastfeeding in Timor-Leste
As we continue to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, former Health Alliance International intern Jee Kim sat down with Mary Anne Mercer, HAI’s Senior Maternal and Child Health Advisor. JK: Is it common to see women breastfeeding in public spaces in...News from Timor-Leste: HAI and NIH honor Timorese midwives (Tetum version available)
By: Sarah Meyanathan Strengthening clinical competencies for government midwives: National Institute of Health and Health Alliance International Awards 118 Certificates in Safe & Clean Delivery and Essential Newborn Care Dili, July 29, 2016. The National Institute...
Press release: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister recognized
Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo Presented with World No Tobacco Day Award Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo and HAI Timor Leste Director Che Katz Dili 4 July 2016. Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo was presented with the World No...
HAI Supports Emergency Childbirth/Delivery Skills Building for Ambulance Staff
By Rara Dethan and Sarah Meyanathan HAI is excited to announce its new collaboration with another project funded by the Australian Government; the Health Transport Project (HTP). HTP supports the Ministry of Health(MOH) to build maintenance capacity of emergency...Press Release -Getting pregnant women to care: the Liga Inan mobile phone program increases the use of life-saving maternal health services
Dili, Timor-Leste, April 22, 2016 In 2013 Health Alliance International (HAI), Catalpa International, and the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health launched the first ever mobile health, or mHealth program in Timor-Leste. Liga Inan (“connecting mothers”) is an innovative...Demonstration of Newborn Resuscitation for the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia in Dili, Timor-Leste
By Sarah Meyanathan The Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) visited a community health center in Dili on March 2, 2016 as part of an official visit to Timor-Leste. Along with Government midwives, HAI...