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Australian Doctors for Africa has donated orthopaedic plates, screws and instruments to the Ayder Comprehensive Specialised Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia.  This equipment donation followed a 4 week Fellowship in limb reconstruction surgery at the Centre for...

Huge thanks to Dr Emerik Trinajstic, Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Donna Larsen, Nurse Practitioner / Wound Management Specialist, for volunteering for a recent 2 week assignment at two hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The main focus of the team visit was training; to...

With fantastic support from our donors and volunteers we achieved some great results in 2022/23. *  141 children treated for clubfoot in Madagascar and Somaliland *  33 scholarships for specialty training, fellowships and medical students *  438 medical professionals...

A second team of Ballarat-based medical volunteers travelled to Madagascar to provide much needed orthopaedic and urology services in Toliara, on the west coast. Long time ADFA volunteers, Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon),...

Another team of medical volunteers visited Toliara, Madagascar recently for a two week assignment. Huge thanks to Dr Taro Okamoto (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr Andrea Atkinson (Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgeon), Kelly Lee (Nurse) and Cherrie Genat (Logistics) for...

ADFA presented a two day Gender, Leadership and Resilience Seminar in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as part of its Female Orthopaedic Empowerment Program.   20 young female doctors from Addis Ababa and regional areas, gathered to share the challenges and the successes of...

Dr Graham Forward joined Australian Doctors for Africa Ethiopian consultant Dr Ananya Kassahun to present the ADFA / AOA / ESOT Pre Basic Courses in Addis Ababa, September 2023. A strong local and international faculty conducted lectures and hands on workshops to 80...

Dr Tony Jeffries, orthopaedic surgeon, and Victoria Gibson, theatre nurse, travelled to Hossana, Ethiopia to provide orthopaedic training and mentoring at the Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital.  The team participated in daily morning...

Australian Doctors for Africa has won the 2023 AAMEG The Change-Maker Award for a Not-For-Profit/Charity (sponsored by Perenti) for our Madagascar Clubfoot Program!  This program changes the lives of children and their families. Congratulations and thanks to the...

The Board of Australian Doctors for Africa adopted a new five year Strategic Plan 2023-28, following a successful planning workshop attended by supporters, volunteers, Board members and staff. The Plan will guide the organisation’s activities over the next five years...