HIAM Health is a Non Government Organisation (NGO) based in Dili
East Timor (Timor Leste) working to create a future for this
struggling nation in the way of education, rehabilitation and
prevention of malnutrition. Our latest initiatives November
2011: Read about our current projects including our new
horticultural education program and our new malnutrition
education program for influential village Timor-Leste (TL) Facts
- Timor-Leste is approximately 60 minutes from Darwin, Australia
by plane. - It has a population of around 1 million. - Over 50
percent of children under five are malnourished. (Ministry of
Health (MoH) statistics May 2008). - Approximately 100,000
children under five are malnourished and hungry. Life expectancy
for women is as low as 54 years of age in some districts. - TL
census Infant mortality rate (IMR) is as high as 111 per 1000
births in some districts. - TL census 2004 In 2000, world
leaders devised eight goals to improve the health and welfare of
men, woman and children living in de