The RACS WA Surgeons Ball is just around the corner and they have had a fabulous response to date from fellows, with the event almost sold out. For those still thinking of attending, RACS WA is preparing to take you on a unique winter experience where elegant & mysterious meets spectacular, at the upcoming event to be held on Friday 23 August 2019 at Crown Towers. Providing a rare opportunity for Fellows from across all...
Australian Doctors for Africa was pleased to partner with the Australian Ambassador to Madagascar, HE Ms Jenny Dee for the inauguration of the renovated Orthopaedics and Traumatology Ward of the Centre Hospitalier de Soavinandriana (Cenhosoa) in the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo on 7 June 2019. Dignitaries from the Ministries of Defence and Public Health, along with hospital management and staff, and the project manager...
Last week a band of wonderful volunteers packed two 40ft sea containers with donated medical equipment and supplies, bound for hospitals in Harar, Ethiopia and Hargeisa, Somaliland. These shipments are part of our infrastructure program which provides equipment for the renovation projects currently taking place in these two cities. The equipment included hospital beds and mattresses, 4 pallets of gloves (thanks Ansell!), a...
Thank you to everyone who attended the Australian Doctors for Africa Cocktail Party held at Blue HQ in Fremantle last month and made it a wonderful evening and a fundraising success. Huge thanks to volunteers Chris and Eric Tasker, Philly and John McLean, Jane Bridgwood, Rebecca Ross, and Helene Lesaffre for their help on the night. The raffle and silent auction were a big hit; food provided by The Black Truffle was...
Please join us for a fabulous night of canapes, drinks, silent auction and much more! The Australian Doctors for Africa 2019 Cocktail Party is our major fundraising event for 2019, so please come along to help us raise funds to continue providing medical assistance to poor communities in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Somaliland and Comoros. Purchase your tickets at here. Tickets are limited so get in quick!
The Musculoskeletal Tumour Course, organised and run collaboratively by Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK; the CURE Hospital, Ethiopia; and Australian Doctors for Africa, was held from 8-10 October 2018 at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Professor David Wood, an Orthopaedic Surgeon and UWA Medical School Professor, is ADFA’s...