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Over the past six months, Australian Doctors for Africa has pivoted its programs to focus on supporting our in-country partners and hospitals by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to front line healthcare workers in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somaliland and...

Ambassador Doyle recently represented Australian Doctors For Africa (ADFA) in donating over 80,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) from ADFA to the Black Lion Hospital in the presence of the Chief Executive Director of the College of Health Sciences Dr Dawit...

Thanks to the amazing support of Kevin Hogan and Cara Smylie (Biomedical), our long relationship with Fremantle Hospital continues with another load of mattresses and theatre supplies donated to Australian Doctors for Africa. For over 10 years, Kevin has been our...

Diversity Action Network in Hargeisa, Somaliland gratefully received much needed crutches which will make a huge difference to many disabled people. Australian Doctors for Africa thanks Sportreat & TotaLife Care in Palmyra for generously donating over 300 pairs of...

African doctors on the frontline in the battle against the spread of COVID-19 have received a timely boost with the arrival of 98,000 KN95 masks, thanks to the generosity of a private donor.  The masks will be distributed to rural and urban health care workers in...

More PPE for healthcare workers arrived in Madagascar in two sea containers full of medical equipment and supplies, which have been distributed to a number of hospitals in Toliara and Antananarivo.  Thanks to Hanitra and Lucile, our efficient Madagascar staff, for...

Massive thanks to the ProtoSpace team at the University of Technology Sydney for donating 510 face shields to our COVID-19 support program in East Africa. Led by interns Isaac Garcia and Stuart Kirkwood, a team of “COVID-19 Student Responders” designed and 3D printed...

Last Friday we packed a 40ft sea container for the Nigist Elleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital in Hossana, a city 250 km south west of Addis Ababa. Massive thanks to John, Michael, Les and the team at AWH for your assistance on the day and storage support...

Australian Doctors for Africa has expanded its scholarship program by providing two new scholarships for female medical students in Somaliland. Hafsa and Zainab are studying medicine at the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa and have been awarded scholarships...

A huge thank you to the Emirates Airline Foundation for its generous support in 2019 for our activities in Ethiopia through the donation of 17 return flights and extra baggage allowance. This extraordinary support allowed us to increase our trips to Ethiopia for...