Timor-Leste's health infrastructure extends to sub district level, however limitations to health services mean that many of the rural population do not have regular, reliable access to health services. Dili based Bairopite Clinic is one NGO that operates a mobile clinic service to some rural areas of Timor-Leste.
A volunteer explains how to mix medicine in the highlands of Timor-Leste.
February 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste
Dispensing vitamins to school children in the highlands of Timor-Leste.
March 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste
A man who fell from a tree two days earlier is brought to the mobile clinic ambulance, which will take him to hospital in the capital Dili.
March 2006, Leorema, Timor-Leste
Patients wait to see a doctor during the weekly visit of a mobile clinic. March 2006, Leorema, Timor-Leste
A volunteer doctor makes a house call in the highlands of Timor-Leste.
February 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste
Diagnosing a teacher, surrounded by his pupils, in the highlands of Timor-Leste.
February 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste
Explaining medicine dosage in the highlands of Timor-Leste.
February 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste
Dispensing medicine the highlands of Timor-Leste.
February 2006, Hatubulico, Timor-Leste