Timor-Leste: Better epilepsy services means better care
The Ministry of Health now aims to expand the delivery of mental health services through community health workers to the whole country.
“People used to be afraid of people with epilepsy and called them ‘crazy’ because they didn’t know about epilepsy,” recalls Manuela Antonia Jimenez, a 57-year old clinical nurse in Lequidoe, who participated in the training. “Now there is information, medication and treatment and this helps families and patients to live a normal life.”