Our Stories

ADFA packed its 70th sea container last week, full of donated medical equipment for CHU Antanambao (main, local public hospital), and our volunteer and Clubfoot programs in Toliara, Madagascar. Over 300 items were loaded including 25 hospital beds and mattresses,...

Congratulations to long-time ADFA volunteer and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Li-On Lam who was presented with a much-deserved Humanitarian Award at the Australian Orthopaedics Association WA Branch Annual Scientific Meeting held late last year. Since 2011, Li-On has led 10...

Huge thanks to Dr Risto Todorov, an orthopaedic surgeon from North Macedonia, for volunteering at the Haramaya University Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Over 10 days, Risto assisted with 7 major surgeries; attended daily clinic consultations and ward...

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...

Gratitude to Dr Michael Wren, long time volunteer Orthopaedic Surgeon, for representing Australian Doctors for Africa as International Co-Chair for the ADFA / AO Alliance Pre-basic Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Workshop held in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The 3 day course was...

A volunteer Urology & Orthopaedics team from Ballarat, Victoria made their 7th visit to Toliara, Madagascar to provide much-needed medical assistance and training. Huge thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr Hock...

Due to the civil unrest in Madagascar, the planned ENT team visit in October was cancelled.  After discussions with Hargeisa Group Hospital (HGH) in Somaliland, two team members - ENT Surgeon, Dr Latif Kadhim, and Theatre Nurse, Marika Brandtberg – were welcomed at...

For the first time, an ADFA Orthopaedic team visited CHU D’Andrainjato, a major public hospital in Fianarantsoa, which is a bumpy 12 hour drive south of the capital, Antananarivo.  Australian Doctors for Africa have been working with this hospital for many years,...

Australian Doctors for Africa provided in-service Perioperative Orthopaedic Nursing and Basic Wound Prevention and Management Training to 28 nurses at regional hospitals in Hawassa and Hossana, Ethiopia. Huge thanks to our two Ethiopian experienced nurse trainers,...

Australian Doctors for Africa is proud to receive the Ethiopian Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Institutional Award. ESOT announced: “We are proud to present the Institutional Award at the 18th ESOT Annual Conference to Australian Doctors for Africa, in...