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...
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2025 ANNUAL REPORT
Thanks to incredible donor, volunteer and corporate support, ADFA has achieved great outcomes in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Somaliland and Zimbabwe during the 2024/25 financial year: 23 hospitals supported 453 medical professionals received training 30 scholarships for specialty training, fellowships and medical students 377 surgical operations & 1,116 clinical consultations 188 children treated for clubfoot $232,009 worth of...Orthopaedic Pre-basic Training in Zimbabwe
Gratitude to Dr Michael Wren, long time volunteer Orthopaedic Surgeon, for representing Australian Doctors for Africa as International Co-Chair for the ADFA / AO Alliance Pre-basic Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Workshop held in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The 3 day course was attended by 34 junior orthopaedic trainees from all over Zimbabwe, who showed great commitment to learning. This assignment was fully funded by ADFA partner AO...Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar
A volunteer Urology & Orthopaedics team from Ballarat, Victoria made their 7th visit to Toliara, Madagascar to provide much-needed medical assistance and training. Huge thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr Hock Tan (Anaesthetist), Kylie Cross (Theatre Nurse) and Sophie Tan (medical student/logistics) for volunteering and making a difference to many people in need....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...
First ADFA Volunteer ENT Team to Somaliland
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Physiotherapy Equipment for Ethiopian Hospital
In collaboration with PhysioNet UK, Australian Doctors for Africa provided a 40 ft sea container of physiotherapy equipment for the trauma centre at Dil Chora Hospital, in Dire Dawa, packed in England by the PhysioNet team. PhysioNet have dispatched over 170...
Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Somaliland
This week we packed our 69th sea container full of donated medical equipment for five health care organisations in Somaliland – Hargeisa Group Hospital, Edna Adan Hospital, MAS Children’s Hospital, Diversity Action Network and Taakulo Somali Community. Nearly 250...
20 Years of Australian Doctors for Africa Celebrated!
What a great way to celebrate 20 years of Australian Doctors for Africa! Over 100 volunteers, staff, donors and supporters gathered to acknowledge and celebrate the many achievements of the last 20 years in improving health care in East African hospitals. Dr Graham...
Volunteer Urology Team Helps Many in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the volunteer Urology team of Dr Melvyn Kuan (Team Lead, Urologist), Dr Michael Wines (Urologist), and Theatre Nurses, Karen Grieves and Renee Heimgartner, who recently provided medical services and training in Toliara and Antananarivo, Madagascar. The...
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