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Madagascar Clubfoot Clinics Continue to Care for Children

Our Madagascar clubfoot clinic staff have continued to work hard and keep the clinics running to provide treatment to children born with clubfoot.  In the 12 months to 30 June 2021 the clinics treated 141 children, changing the lives of the children and their families and ensuring a lifetime free from disability. Huge thanks to Lucile (clinic manager) and the clubfoot teams for continuing to provide excellent and safe...

Anaesthesia Machines Donated for Ethiopia

Huge thanks to Natalie Taylor, CEO/Director of Nursing at Subiaco Private Hospital for donating two, decommissioned Datex-Ohmeda Aespire Anaesthesia Machines. The machines are in excellent working order and will make a big difference at two rural hospitals in Ethiopia, and improve health services to people in need. Thanks also to Dr Rob Storer for advice and assistance.

On-line Orthopaedics Training Continues

Australian Doctors for Africa presented a remote 2½ hour session on Upper Limb Orthopaedics and Trauma at the Ethiopian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (ESOT) Annual Scientific Meeting held last month in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 200 people attended in person and remotely from all around Ethiopia, and feedback on ADFA’s session was very positive. Huge thanks to Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Paul Jarrett, Prof Andrew...

Orthopaedics Implants for Somaliland

The Orthopaedics team at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland expressed their appreciation when they received two packages donated by Australian Doctors for Africa. “Your continuous support and donations of orthopaedic implants and instruments is incredible and allowed us to operate on hundreds of poor patients who go back to their lives and unite with their families after they heal. The number of patients we receive is...

Hossana Orthopaedics Department Inauguration

“I would like to show appreciation and recognition for what you have done to establish our orthopedic center. I have no words to tell you that today is special day for me and my colleagues because its a day of inauguration of orthopedic center. I would like to thank you once again for helping me achieve my dream.” Dr Habtamu Tamrat, Orthopedic Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. ADFA provided a sea container...

Two Containers of Medical Equipment for Somaliland

Australian Doctors for Africa recently purchased and delivered a 20ft sea container of 43 beds, cots, examination tables, delivery beds and instrument trolleys for Hargeisa Group Hospital, Diversity Action Network (DAN) and Beerwayso Rural Clinic. A 40ft sea container full of donated medical equipment also arrived from Perth containing 32 hospital beds and mattresses, 4 examination tables, wheelchairs, gloves, resuscitators,...

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