Rotarians Against Malaria donated 17,500 long-lasting insecticide nets to the Manatuto District and 2,500 nets to the Bobanaro District of Timor-Leste for malaria outbreak areas. They distributed 8,322 nets to the Manatuto sub-district and 2,556 nets to the Laleia sub-district based on 2005 and 2010 population data showing high malaria incidence levels. The distribution process involved training locals to collect household data, informing residents of distribution details, and educating recipients on proper net usage.

1. Rotarians Against Malaria
Timor 2012
17,500 Long Life Insecticide Nets (LLINs) for
the Manatuto District
2,500 LLINs for the Malaria outbreak in
Bobanaro District

2. Sub districts according to malaria incidence
(1000 population)
2005
37 Sub Districts with high malaria incidences
ATAU R O
TU T U A LA
LA U T E M
LAG A
BAU C AU
M E T IN A R O LU RO LO SP ALO S
D O M A L E I X O C R IS T O R E I VEM ASE
LA C LO L A L E IA Q U E L IC A I
B A Z A R T E T E LA U LA RA
MAU BA R A
L IQ U IÇ Á
R A IL A C O
R E M E X IO
MAN AT U TO
V E N IL A L E
B A G U IA
UA TU C A R B A U
IL IO M A R
2010
L IQ U ID O E LA C LU B A R
ATABA E
H A T O L IA
E R M E R A A IL E U V IL A
LE T E F O H O T U R IS C A I
LA C LU T A
OSSU W AT UL AR I
11 Sub Districts with high malaria incidence
S O IB A D A
C A IL A C O MAU BISSE
B A R IQ U E / N A T A R B O R A V IQ U E Q U E
A T S A B E H A T U - B U IL IC O
B A L IB O
FA T U B E R L IU
SAM E
M A L IA N A
A IN A R O A LA S
BO BO NA RO
H A TU - U D O
LO L O T O E ZU M A LA I
FA T U L U L IC SU AI
PAN TE M AC AS AR FA T U M E A N MAU KA TAR
FO R O H E M
NI TIB E
O E S I LO TI L O M A R
PASS ABE

3. Number of LLINs donated
to Timor in 2012
Manatuto District
Sub Districts Population No of Nets
Manatuto 12484 8322
Laleia 3834 2556
Laclubar 9599 6399
Bobanaro District
Batugade 1984 1323
Belola 650 433

4. Districts of Timor-Leste
Recent outbreak: 2,500 17,500
nets nets

5. The Distribution Process
District meeting with five
village Chiefs and six sub
village Chiefs.

6. Training the Information Collectors
Training 20 Manatuto
locals on Malaria and the
distribution process of
LLINs.

7. Gathering the Data
The 20 locals went house
to house to gather the
names of everyone in the
Manatuto villages.

8. Collating and Cross checking the Data

9. Telling everyone where and when

10. Distribution Day

11. but Training first
How to care for the nets to
get the longest possible life

12. Now you can have them

13. Taking them Home

14. A job well done
On average 1000 nets were given out in
each morning/afternoon over a three days
in Manatuto.