Gratitude to the volunteer Gastroenterology team of Dr Digby Cullen (team lead, Gastroenterologist); nurses Jacki Crock, Katy Smith, and Joemar Bermejo; Dr Sherman Picardo (Gastroenterologist); and Stuart Smithers (bio-medical technician) for providing training and...
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Orthopaedics Workshop, Ethiopia
At the ADFA/AOA/ESOT Pre-basic Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Workshop in Addis Ababa. Dr Graham Forward and Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia Patron of Australian Doctors for Africa) exchange advice about Marathon Running and Orthopaedic Surgery. The course was attended by 40 junior orthopaedic trainees from Ethiopia, Somaliland, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. Australian Doctors for Africa acknowledges the generous support from Emirates...Orthopaedics and Nurse Training in Harar, Ethiopia
Huge thanks to Dr Risto Todorov, an orthopaedic surgeon from North Macedonia, for volunteering at the Haramaya University Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Over two weeks, Risto provided training to 12 orthopaedic trainees and 2 surgeons, assisted during 17 operations, many consultations and daily ward rounds. He was joined in Harar by Wondimagegn Tilahun and Lidiya Samuel, Ethiopian nurse training specialists...Equipment Donated to Diversity Action Network, Somaliland
Diversity Action Network was pleased to receive examination beds, exercise bikes, treadmill, arm exercise machines, walking frames, crutches, and wheelchairs, to improve their adult mobility programs. Long term partner DAN screens and treats children with clubfoot in Somaliland and treats a wide range of other disabilities. “Overall, the equipment helped us improve the capacity of our organization to better serve our service...Volunteer Gastroenterology Team Providing Training and Assistance in Madagascar
Gratitude to the volunteer Gastroenterology team of Dr Digby Cullen (team lead, Gastroenterologist); nurses Jacki Crock, Katy Smith, and Joemar Bermejo; Dr Sherman Picardo (Gastroenterologist); and Stuart Smithers (bio-medical technician) for providing training and medical assistance in Madagascar. Through some travel chaos, the team still managed terrific outcomes during their two weeks, visiting three cities: Established a...ADFA Volunteer Urology Team – Training and Surgeries in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the volunteer Urology team of Dr Sue Chapman (Team Leader/Urologist), Karen Grieves (Theatre Nurse), Dr Jamal Tashkandi (Anaesthetist) and Dr Michael Wines (Urologist). The assignment was a great success, with a number of challenges due to flight changes and cancellations. Over three weeks, the team managed 90 patient consultations, performed a whopping 48 operations in 9 days, and provided post surgical care...
Volunteer Gastroenterology Team Providing Training and Assistance in Madagascar
ADFA Volunteer Urology Team – Training and Surgeries in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the volunteer Urology team of Dr Sue Chapman (Team Leader/Urologist), Karen Grieves (Theatre Nurse), Dr Jamal Tashkandi (Anaesthetist) and Dr Michael Wines (Urologist). The assignment was a great success, with a number of challenges due to flight...
Australian Doctors for Africa Welcomes New Board Member
We welcome Associate Professor Rochelle Spencer to the Board of Australian Doctors for Africa with great enthusiasm. Rochelle brings a wealth of international development experience to the Board, and has a long relationship with Africa having first worked on the East...
World Clubfoot Day, 3 June!
World Clubfoot Day on 3 June raises awareness of clubfoot and the Ponseti method. Around 180,000 babies worldwide are born with clubfoot each year, and untreated clubfoot is one of the leading causes of disability. We thank and acknowledge the great work performed by...
Orthopaedics and Wound Management Training in Hawassa, Ethiopia
Huge thanks to medical volunteers, Dr Angus Keogh (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Sandra Langman (Theatre Nurse) and Amy Staples (Clinical Nurse Consultant) for providing two weeks of training at the Hawassa University Hospital in regional Ethiopia. Training was the main focus...
Supporting Female Orthopaedic Surgeons, Ethiopia
As part of ADFA's Female Orthopaedic Empowerment (FOE) Program, three female Ethiopian orthopaedic surgeons recently received support to attend training courses/conferences: Dr Bethel Zeleke - the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS) 2024 AGM and...
Ethiopian Orthopaedic Surgeons Awarded Fellowships
ADFA has extended its scholarship program by offering 12-month fellowships for Ethiopian orthopaedic surgeons at the Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. Congratulations to the successful 2024 applicants: * Dr Bruh Kefale Gebreyes from Haramaya University Hiwot Fana...
66th Sea Container On Its Way!
A sea container full of donated medical equipment sailed recently for Somaliland hospitals and rural mother and child clinics. Over 400 items were loaded including hospital beds, mattresses, examination tables, birthing beds, incubators, PPE, scrubs, physiotherapy...
Renovation Project at Gondar University Hospital, Ethiopia
The University of Gondar Hospital is a 400 bed university hospital with a large orthopaedics and traumatology department. Following a site visit by ADFA’s CEO, Dr Graham Forward, in March 2023, it was observed that the sanitation facilities of the orthopaedic ward...
Orthopaedic Implants & Fellowship for Mekelle University Hospital
Australian Doctors for Africa has donated orthopaedic plates, screws and instruments to the Ayder Comprehensive Specialised Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia. This equipment donation followed a 4 week Fellowship in limb reconstruction surgery at the Centre for...
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