Since first entering Madagascar in 2006, ADFA has engaged hundreds of medical professionals with extraordinary passion and commitment to give their time and expertise to treat Madagascar’s sick, disabled and most vulnerable residents.
In Madagascar strong successful programmes have been built in surgery, treatment and teaching in orthopaedics, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynaecology, urology and paediatrics in particular talipes (club foot).
Infrastructure programmes have included the renovation of the laundry facility, a toilet block and improved sanitation and hygiene.
The locations we have been associated with are the Generale Hospital in Tulear, Akany Fantananena Clinic in Tulear, Clinic St Luc in Tulear, and the Military and University Hospitals in Antananarivo
The screening and treatment of talipes has progressed immensely. The Pied-Bot clinic is now well established in Tulear and there are plans to expand it to several other health centres over the next twelve months. With ongoing education and support technical staff are now in a position to educate staff in other health centres.
Other visits to Tulear for Paediatrics have focussed on improving newborn care through clean birth practices and effective resuscitation practices at birth.
A scoping study was undertaken of the hospital in Antsirabe in November 2014 and since then Australian Doctors for Africa has utilised the volunteer services of two engineers to commence the implementation of renovating, enlarging and equipping the hospital operating theatres.