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Timor Leste
Leprosy cases are now on the rise in Timor Leste. The Leprosy Mission NZ PHACE Programme has been invited to expand from Papua New Guinea into Timor Leste to counteract a resurgence in leprosy cases.
The Preventative Health and Community Empowerment (PHACE) programme you support in Timor Leste is supported by the NZ Government (NZ Aid programme); working in partnership with targeted communities to establish collaborative relationships and identify Community Leaders and Village Health Volunteers in 19 communities in Timor Leste.
The comprehensive training programme for volunteers ensures that health knowledge is embedded at the community level. Learning, sharing and ownership of knowledge empowers community decision-making leading to transformative actions.
The training and intervention activities at the community level have resulted in a greater number of women taking leadership roles.
The referral pathways established ensure that people affected by leprosy, vulnerable and marginalised people feel safe and included in their communities and there is an increasing number of suspected cases of leprosy being found through active case finding.
The Preventative Health and Community Empowerment (PHACE) Programme
The Preventative Health and Community Empowerment (PHACE) Programme has been invited to expand from Papua New Guinea into Timor-Leste to counteract a resurgence in leprosy cases threatening the country’s Leprosy Elimination status.
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