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 Ethiopia, Somaliland and Madagascar. “Million thanks ADFA! This help of yours is FANTASTIC and timely!” said Dr Biruk L.Wamisho, Head, Department of Orthopaedics,...
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 their hard work in clearing and delivering the equipment. The hospitals gratefully received hospital beds, wheelchairs, crutches, mattresses, surgical linen,...
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 hundreds of face shields which were tested using state of the art equipment in ProtoSpace’s advance manufacturing facility. The face shields will be sent to...
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 throughout the year. Thanks also to our energetic packers from the Board and office – Graeme, Amy, Ian, Graham, and Dawn – for loading 17 hospital beds and 34...
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 to cover their university tuition fees for the next three years. “As a young woman, living in Somaliland, the medical school have been a challenging experience....
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 training and medical assistance and take much needed equipment and supplies to improve health care for orthopaedic patients in hospitals in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar...