Health Project Expands Role to Help Displaced Families
USAID health partner has expanded its mother-and-child health projects to address the needs of the tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in Dili and other district centers. The IDP work includes the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and lessons in health promotion to help prevent malaria and improve hygiene practices. With USAID partners Catholic Relief Services and HealthNet International, TAIS has delivered almost 15,000 nets to 11,000 families in Dili IDP camps. TAIS's long-term project work focuses on strengthening best practices in child and maternal health by using integrated management of childhood illnesses, including immunization; micro-nutritional supplements (such as vitamin A and zinc, which reduce mortality associated with respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases), and prevention of priority infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and pneumonia. (July 12, 2006)


Mobile Radio Broadcasts Bring News to Remote Districts
Through a USAID grant, Radio Rakambia is taking its mobile broadcasting unit to the four districts not currently covered by Radio Televisaun Timor-Leste (RTTL), the public broadcaster. Rakambia will record and then rebroadcast news and information from RTTL at eight locations in Aileu, Ainaro, Same, and Covalima. Transmissions will last between 9 and 10 hours in each location. With almost 80,000 internally displaced persons outside Dili, dissemination of reliable and timely news is vital. (July 12, 2006)

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