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Thanks to incredible donor, volunteer and corporate support, ADFA has achieved great outcomes in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Somaliland and Zimbabwe during the 2024/25 financial year:

  • 23 hospitals supported
  • 453 medical professionals received training
  • 30 scholarships for specialty training, fellowships and medical students
  • 377 surgical operations & 1,116 clinical consultations
  • 188 children treated for clubfoot
  • $232,009 worth of donated medical equipment and supplies dispatched

Check out our 2025 Annual Report https://ausdocafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ADFA-Annual-Report-2025.pdf for more stories and information.

Huge thanks to Becky Chilcott at Chil3 for many years of designing support, and Damian Crosbie for the terrific designing job of this year’s report.

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Orthopaedic Pre-basic Training in Zimbabwe

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