Lab Without Walls Feasibility Project:  

2010‐Dili‐01 

Whatdoesthefuture

holdforthe

children?

Social & economic development 

OR 

Fatal & disabling diseases 

Limitedemploymentopportuni6es• Subsistencefarming,fishing• Governmentservice• Energy&minerals• Tourism

• Tuberculosis• Malaria• HIV/AIDS• Dengue• Rheuma6cheartdisease

Some of the worst health staFsFcs in Asia: asmanyas70%outpa6entsheremayhavetuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS or otherinfec6ons

BairoPitéClinic,Dili

 Malaria Tuberculosis HIV/AIDSare allpreventable

Denguemaysoonbepreventable

Preven6onispossiblebutyoumusthavetheright People Priori6es Policies Preven6vemethods

Cannotbedonewithoutaccurate,lab‐baseddata. 

 Lab Without Walls isacatalystforhealthdevelopment

 Wedevelop,deploytoausterehealthcareseSngsanddemonstrateadvancedclinicallabmethods

 Wedonottakeoverorreplacelocalserviceorganisa6ons.

 Weencouragelocalownershipandself‐sufficiencyasnearaswecangettothepointofcare.

TuberculosisLab,BairoPitéClinic,Dili.EnhancedbyLWW.

Lab Without Walls wantstohelpthepeopleofEast

Timoreradicatepreventableinfec6ons

withinagenera6on

Itshouldbepossible.

Thepopula6onissimilartothePerthMetroarea

Tomakeithappen,theyneedthetools,the

trainingandthetechnicalsupport.

TheLab Without Walls teamthankthefollowingfortheirsupportofthe2010‐Dili‐01feasibilityproject:

 PathWestLaboratoryMedicineWA RotaryRollbackMalariaProgramme AppliedBiosystemsAustralia AgilentTechnologies FisherBiotech&Kyocera ConocoPhillipsAustralia AustralianAirExpress TheBairoPitéClinic,Dili TheNa6onalLaboratory,Dili TheHealthMinistry,GovernmentofTimorLeste