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...
Australian Doctors for Africa 2018 Annual Report is now available. Support from our generous donors enabled us to send 56 volunteers overseas who performed 1,550 patient consultations and 428 surgical procedures, and provided training to 684 medical professionals. We shipped $542,551 worth of donated medical equipment and supplies in two sea containers to Ethiopia to complement two hospital renovation projects....
Five medical volunteers returned from a very busy and successful two-week medical mission to Moroni, capital of Comoros. Huge thanks to our volunteers: Josiane Sabouriaut – Team Leader and Theatre Nurse Lachlan Milne (Orthopaedic surgeon) Miles Earl (Anaesthetist) Clem McCormick (Orthopaedic surgeon) Samuel Van de Velde (Orthopaedic Surgeon/Fellow) Working out of the Caritas Hospital the team provided medical...
A huge thank you to Paula Forrest and the team at Nell Gray Fashions in Bayswater for donating hundreds of new scrubs (not required due to hospital closures). Nell Gray has been a great supporter of Australian Doctors for Africa donating uniforms and scrubs on many occasions over the years. These have been used by our volunteers on medical missions and gratefully received by staff at our partner hospitals in Ethiopia and...
A new Glostavent Helix anaesthetic machine, donated by Australian Doctors for Africa to Clinique St Luc, in Tulear, Madagascar in action. Providing equipment is a major strategic priority which supports our skills improvement program. ADFA’s programs in Madagascar are supported by the Australian NGO Cooperation...
Did you catch us on the Channel 10 News on Friday night? If not click below to see the fantastic work our nurses and doctors are doing in Madagascar, with support from the Australian NGO Cooperation Program.