Thanks to a grant from the Rotary Club of Attadale, Australian Doctors for Africa supported the purchase and installation of a new generator and 2 solar hot water systems for Clinique St Luc in Toliara, Madagascar. During a visit to Toliara in 2024, our Volunteer...
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Volunteer ENT Team Returns to Madagascar
After 5 years an ENT team, led by ENT Surgeon Dr Latif Kadhim, was delighted to return to Madagascar to provide medical training and services at 3 hospitals. Dr Kadhim was joined by Marika Brandtberg (Theatre Nurse), Dr Peter Baumgartner (Anaesthetist) and Alison Cook (Audiologist). During the 2 weeks the team faced considerable challenges, including flight delays and heavy rainfall. However, the assignment was highly...Nurse Training in Ethiopia
Huge thanks to medical volunteers, Amy Staples (Clinical Nurse Consultant) and Kelly Lee (Theatre Nurse) for providing two weeks of training in Ethiopia, at St Peters Hospital in Addis Ababa and Ayder Hospital, a regional hospital in Mekelle. Amy and Kelly were joined by Ethiopian nurse training specialists, Eyerusalem Amanu and Wondimagegn Tilahun in presenting 14 sessions of infection control and wound management training...48 Hospital Beds Donated
With the help of amazing volunteers – Graeme (our logistics guru), Claire, Helen, Dermot, Sean, David, Sarah, James, Hunter and David – we moved 48 hospital beds from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to storage. Huge thanks to Paul, Jacqui, Dean and the SCGH team for arranging the donation and helping out on the day. There is great need for beds in East African hospitals, and Australian Doctors for Africa can get...Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar
The Ballarat-based volunteer Urology and Orthopaedics team had a very busy two weeks providing medical training and assistance in Toliara, Madagascar. Thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), both long time ADFA volunteers, Dr Doug Paxton (Anaesthetist) and Nick Veldhuis (Theatre Nurse) for making a difference to many patients in need. Together they delivered 186 consultations,...Endoscopy Training in Madagascar
ADFA volunteer Gastroenterology team of Dr Digby Cullen (gastroenterologist and team lead), and nurses Leah Willey and Bianca Meyer, were accompanied by Hepatitis B Free representatives, Prof Alice Lee, Prof David Hilmers and Sue Huntley, for a volunteer medical assignment in Madagascar. The team spent a very busy two weeks visiting four cities, with great outcomes: Assisting with the establishment of a new Endoscopy Unit at...
Improving Hospital Facilities in Regional Madagascar
Volunteer ENT Team Returns to Madagascar
After 5 years an ENT team, led by ENT Surgeon Dr Latif Kadhim, was delighted to return to Madagascar to provide medical training and services at 3 hospitals. Dr Kadhim was joined by Marika Brandtberg (Theatre Nurse), Dr Peter Baumgartner (Anaesthetist) and Alison...
Nurse Training in Ethiopia
Huge thanks to medical volunteers, Amy Staples (Clinical Nurse Consultant) and Kelly Lee (Theatre Nurse) for providing two weeks of training in Ethiopia, at St Peters Hospital in Addis Ababa and Ayder Hospital, a regional hospital in Mekelle. Amy and Kelly were joined...
48 Hospital Beds Donated
With the help of amazing volunteers - Graeme (our logistics guru), Claire, Helen, Dermot, Sean, David, Sarah, James, Hunter and David - we moved 48 hospital beds from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to storage. Huge thanks to Paul, Jacqui, Dean and the SCGH team for...
Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar
The Ballarat-based volunteer Urology and Orthopaedics team had a very busy two weeks providing medical training and assistance in Toliara, Madagascar. Thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), both long time ADFA...
Endoscopy Training in Madagascar
ADFA volunteer Gastroenterology team of Dr Digby Cullen (gastroenterologist and team lead), and nurses Leah Willey and Bianca Meyer, were accompanied by Hepatitis B Free representatives, Prof Alice Lee, Prof David Hilmers and Sue Huntley, for a volunteer medical...
2024 Annual Report
With incredible donor, volunteer and corporate support, we have increased our activities and outcomes during 2023/24. * 29 scholarships for specialty training, fellowships and medical students * 486 medical professionals trained * 271 surgical operations & 991...
Orthopaedics Training Team Visits Ethiopia
Thanks to the volunteer orthopaedics team of Dr Tony Jeffries, Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Stephanie MacDonald, Theatre Nurse, who presented a number of training seminars to surgeons and nurses at three hospitals in Addis Ababa. After a request from a number of Ethiopian...
Volunteer Urology Team Helps Many in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the Urology team of volunteers from Ballarat, Perth & Chile - Dr Richard McMullin (Urologist), Dr Berni Troncoso (Paediatric Urologist), Dr Melvyn Kuan (Urologist), Dr Josh Telles (Anaesthetist) and Rhiannon Lang (Nurse) - who recently travelled to...
Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Zimbabwe Hospital
Our 67th sea container is on its way to Zimbabwe for the United Bulawayo Hospitals. Huge thanks to Graeme Wilson, our volunteer logistics expert for arranging and packing the container with ADFA staff, Helen and Dawn. Over 100 items of donated medical equipment and...
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