Image Gallery 2010

30 April 2010
Covalima Medical Program

The International Stabilisation Force (ISF) combined with the East Timor Defence Force (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese Ministry of Health to deliver critical medical support to remote villages during April.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) troops deployed on Operation ASTUTE have assisted with monthly Medical Civil Action Programs (MEDCAP) across East Timor in support of nurses, midwives and doctors operating under the F-FDTL and Ministry of Health.

Deputy Commander ISF, Colonel Garry Brosnan said the rugged Covalima district was the focus for the April program, and villagers of Ucecai have received individual medical assessments, antibiotics and primary health care education.

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Members of the International Stabilisation Force and East Timor Defence Force arrive in an Australian Blackhawk helicopter.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Ucecai villagers welcome their visitors with a ceremonial dance.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Brigadier Lere Anan Timur, East Timor Defence Force Deputy Commander, is welcomed by local villagers.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Colonel Garry Brosnan Deputy Commander International Stabilisation Force, addresses local villagers.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Tom Dunn, Officer in Charge of Medical Capability program (MEDCAP), watches over the registration process at the MEDCAP in Ucecai village.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Dr Ernesto Castro, an East Timor Ministry of Health Doctor, carries preliminary exams on local villagers.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Tom Dunn, Officer in Charge of Medical Capability program (MEDCAP), talks to local villagers during the MEDCAP visit.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Tom Dunn, Officer in Charge of the Medical Capability program (MEDCAP), conducts an english lesson with local villagers in East Timor.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Sergeant Mark Anderson, Senior Medic with the New Zealand contingent of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor, supervises the distribution of medicine during the Medical Capability program (MEDCAP) visit to Ucecai village.

(Date taken: 21 April 2010)
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Rui Amaral, Director of the Zumalai Clinic, hands out medicine to an elderly villager and child.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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Aussie troops help to organise and run the Medical Capability (MEDCAP) program in Ucecai Village, East Timor.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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Aussie troops help to organise and run the Medical Capability program (MEDCAP) in Ucecai Village, East Timor.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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An Australian Blackhawk helicopter takes off from the village of Ucecai in East Timor while villagers watch on.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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Dr Ernesto Castro an East Timor Ministry of Health Doctor prescribes medicine for a local villagers and her child.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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Dr Ernesto Castro an East Timor Ministry of Health Doctor carries out a consultation with a Ucecai villager while other villagers line up for their turn.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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A young girl from Ucecai village waits in line to see the East Timor Ministry of Health Doctor.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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Captain Carl Bryant a Medical Officer with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor watches over the consultations with local villagers.

(Date taken: 27 April 2010)
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