In 2000, MSF implemented a district health plan in the northern district of Baukau, which included providing basic healthcare, tuberculosis treatment, training staff, rebuilding health facilities and conducting disease surveillance. A major component of this project was providing surgical care in the hospital in Baukau.
1999
1999
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Bishop Carlos Belo returns to East Timor
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Mobile clinics allow more care throughout East Timor
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MSF to take on a civilian hospital
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MSF increases role in Baucau
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Construction starts with the rainy season
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