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SJOG Subiaco Hospital Donates Hospital Beds

Thanks St John of God Subiaco Hospital for donating much needed equipment to Australian Doctors for Africa.  Over three afternoons, with the fantastic help of volunteers from the Lions Club of Claremont Nedlands and ADFA, we loaded: *  46 hospital beds and mattresses, *  4 examination tables and *  19 overbed tables. What an amazing effort!  Most of this equipment will be shipped to Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland for...

Renovating Operating Theatre at Hargeisa Group Hospital

The finished renovation at Hargeisa Group Hospital looks amazing – what an improvement, especially the operating theatre! The enhancements will provide a safe, clean environment for the orthopaedics department and improve medical care for Somaliland people in need. The project involved repairs to inside and outside walls, leaking roof, ceilings, walls, lights and air conditioner in theatre, storage unit for CSSD, new...

Equipment for New Orthopaedic Department, Hossana, Ethiopia

The Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital in Hossana gratefully received a 40ft sea container of donated medical equipment for their new orthopaedic wards. The equipment and supplies – operating tables, hospital beds, mattresses, wheelchairs, defibrillators, crutches, gloves, scrubs, face shields and gloves – will improve medical treatment for people in need of trauma and orthopaedic...

2020 Annual Report

Check out our 2020 Annual Report.  During a very difficult year for many, support from our generous donors and volunteers still enabled: 29 volunteers to travel overseas and perform 1,028 patient consultations, and 219 surgical procedures, and provide training to 209 medical professionals. We shipped $1,052,298 worth of donated medical equipment and supplies in two sea containers and six air freight pallets, expanded our...

Happy Birthday To Us!

How long does it take to: ship over 50 sea containers, 30 air freight pallets, complete 16 infrastructure projects and send 130 medical teams to East Africa?           15 YEARS!! Thank you to all our amazing Board members, volunteers, staff and supporters who have made this possible.  Bring on the next 15!

Our COVID-19 Response

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 Comoros. Since April, we have managed significant and effective acquisition and delivery of PPE valued at $520,000: 146,000 masks 67,000 gloves 1,500 disposable...