A volunteer Orthopaedic team – surgeon Dr Li-On Lam, nurse Lucy Harris, orthopaedic registrar Dr Georgina Waters, and support/logistics officer Cherrie Genat – provided medical assistance and training in Madagascar last month. On the way to Madagascar, the team had a...
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Orthopaedics Training Team Visits Ethiopia
Thanks to the volunteer orthopaedics team of Dr Tony Jeffries, Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Stephanie MacDonald, Theatre Nurse, who presented a number of training seminars to surgeons and nurses at three hospitals in Addis Ababa. After a request from a number of Ethiopian surgeons earlier in the year, Tony presented an Open Techniques for Management of Recurrent Shoulder Dislocation Course at the Black Lion Hospital to 27...Volunteer Urology Team Helps Many in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the Urology team of volunteers from Ballarat, Perth & Chile – Dr Richard McMullin (Urologist), Dr Berni Troncoso (Paediatric Urologist), Dr Melvyn Kuan (Urologist), Dr Josh Telles (Anaesthetist) and Rhiannon Lang (Nurse) – who recently travelled to Toliara, Madagascar to provide medical services and training. The team completed 124 consultations and 59 surgeries, including 27 children (mainly...Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Zimbabwe Hospital
Our 67th sea container is on its way to Zimbabwe for the United Bulawayo Hospitals. Huge thanks to Graeme Wilson, our volunteer logistics expert for arranging and packing the container with ADFA staff, Helen and Dawn. Over 100 items of donated medical equipment and supplies were loaded, including a c-arm (x-ray machine), operating table, hospital beds with mattresses, examination tables, lead garments, PPE, crutches,...Orthopaedics Team Provides Medical Services and Training in Madagascar
A volunteer Orthopaedic team – surgeon Dr Li-On Lam, nurse Lucy Harris, orthopaedic registrar Dr Georgina Waters, and support/logistics officer Cherrie Genat – provided medical assistance and training in Madagascar last month. On the way to Madagascar, the team had a very positive meeting with the Australian High Commissioner in Mauritius, Her Excellency Ms Kate Chamley. We thank the Embassy for supporting our programs in...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 Team Provides Medical Services and Training in Madagascar
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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