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First ADFA Volunteer ENT Team to Somaliland

Due to the civil unrest in Madagascar, the planned ENT team visit in October was cancelled.  After discussions with Hargeisa Group Hospital (HGH) in Somaliland, two team members – ENT Surgeon, Dr Latif Kadhim, and Theatre Nurse, Marika Brandtberg – were welcomed at the hospital, to complete an ENT scoping study, and provide medical services and training.  Thanks Latif and Marika for your flexibility and commitment to...

Volunteer Orthopaedic Team Inaugural Visit to Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

For the first time, an ADFA Orthopaedic team visited CHU D’Andrainjato, a major public hospital in Fianarantsoa, which is a bumpy 12 hour drive south of the capital, Antananarivo.  Australian Doctors for Africa have been working with this hospital for many years, supporting their Clubfoot Clinic and Endoscopy Unit, and provided equipment for the new Trauma Centre in 2023. Gratitude to the volunteer team of orthopaedic...

Nurse Training in Ethiopia

Australian Doctors for Africa provided in-service Perioperative Orthopaedic Nursing and Basic Wound Prevention and Management Training to 28 nurses at regional hospitals in Hawassa and Hossana, Ethiopia. Huge thanks to our two Ethiopian experienced nurse trainers, Eyerusalem Amanu and Wubalem Abebe, for providing excellent training on behalf of ADFA. The 5 days of training included classroom and hands-on sessions in hand...

ADFA Receives ESOT Institutional Award

Australian Doctors for Africa is proud to receive the Ethiopian Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Institutional Award. ESOT announced: “We are proud to present the Institutional Award at the 18th ESOT Annual Conference to Australian Doctors for Africa, in recognition of their continued partnership, support, and invaluable contribution to improving Orthopedic and Trauma care in Ethiopia. The award was received on...

Somaliland Sea Container Arrived & Distributed

Australian Doctors for Africa’s 69th sea container arrived in Hargeisa, Somaliland this month, full of donated medical equipment for Hargeisa Group Hospital, Edna Adan Hospital, MAS Children’s Hospital, Diversity Action Network, Hooyo Clinic and Taakulo Somali Community. Nearly 250 items, including hospital beds, mattresses, examination tables, birthing bed, ENT microscope, operating table, PPE, scrubs, anaesthetic...

Sarcoma Training in Somaliland

In partnership with ISOLS and the Somaliland Orthopaedic Society, Australian Doctors for Africa delivered a hugely successful Musculoskeletal Tumour Course in Hargeisa, which was attended by 27 very engaged medical professionals. Huge thanks to Professor David Wood for arranging and leading the two day course, and to the faculty team of Dr Ermias Gizaw, Dr Duncan Whitwell, Dr Said Osman Dahir and Dr Graham Forward for the...