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Australian Doctors for Africa 2018 Annual Report is now available. 

Support from our generous donors enabled us to send 56 volunteers overseas who performed 1,550 patient consultations and 428 surgical procedures, and provided training to 684 medical professionals.  We shipped $542,551 worth of donated medical equipment and supplies in two sea containers to Ethiopia to complement two hospital renovation projects.

Download 2018 Annual Report here.

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48 Hospital Beds Donated

48 Hospital Beds Donated

With the help of amazing volunteers - Graeme (our logistics guru), Claire, Helen, Dermot, Sean, David, Sarah, James, Hunter and David - we moved 48 hospital beds from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to storage.  Huge thanks to Paul, Jacqui, Dean and the SCGH team for...

Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar

Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar

The Ballarat-based volunteer Urology and Orthopaedics team had a very busy two weeks providing medical training and assistance in Toliara, Madagascar. Thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), both long time ADFA...

Endoscopy Training in Madagascar

Endoscopy Training in Madagascar

ADFA volunteer Gastroenterology team of Dr Digby Cullen (gastroenterologist and team lead), and nurses Leah Willey and Bianca Meyer, were accompanied by Hepatitis B Free representatives, Prof Alice Lee, Prof David Hilmers and Sue Huntley, for a volunteer medical...